Alright, this is going to be a slightly school-ish post so if you do not love hearing about school you are officially allowed to click the X button and stop reading...ok everyone else, here it goes.
My low low low babies took the Ext 2 tests this past week. For those of you non-teacher-ites that means that they are not cognitively high enough to take the regular End of Grade test. There has been a meeting at some point in their life where all their teachers, the school psychologist, the counselor, the parents, etc have run tests and done paperwork and it's been decided that their brain cannot handle a regular test and that it probably never will be able to function how it's supposed to at the grade level they're supposed to be on. So....they get the same test just with 3 questions instead of 4 and I think there might be a few less passages (?) not sure. Anyway, most of these kids still don't "pass" these easier tests. Even though it's easier they still can't do it.
Well, none of my kids had passed last year. In fact, they weren't even close to passing. They had a 1 out of 4. 1 being the lowest they can make. One girl even took the 5th grade version...didn't pass...and then was too old to go to 6th grade so she skipped 6th grade and came to 7th. I had 4 kids that took this Ext 2 test and...ALL PASSED!!!!! I had one boy come up 21 points from the year before! Most students will come up eehhh 3 or 4 points on a good day. So I was pumped obviously. Now, these kids still don't really understand my content usually and the one boy still can't even write his alphabet....sigh. BUT, they did it. They passed. I teared up when I read the scores. My kids screamed and high fived and hugged me. Yeah, tests really do a number on these kids (and me!). I know not to stress and it's just a silly test, but I just feel so bad for these kiddos who work their butt off and then still can't pass a silly test. We've worked really hard this year and I still fear that maybe they've learned nothing, but this was encouraging to get my students scores back this week.
My special education teacher has been awesome this year. She's so supportive and I love having her in my room. We have a really awesome team (well, minus one whom I'm not so fond of but whatever...not too shabby in the grand scheme of life). Everyone deserves credit in this...especially my kids! So proud of them! They really worked hard!
If anyone thinks of it...next week all my regular education students take their End of Grade tests...Wednesday is the Reading test so pray for them to do their best. It's a lot of stress on them. I just want them to do their very best. I'm proud of them no matter what! I can't imagine what it'll be like to be a mom because I just think I could be any more proud of my students! Love them all...even on the days I want to kick them in the shin. :)
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