Except don't really. Snow days can be nice, but they really screw everything up. Especially when they come out of nowhere. It started snowing like crazy Wednesday night and they didn't announce school was closed Thursday until after 9pm. Which was kind of ridiculous if you looked outside. Friday was a snow day too, even though things weren't that bad. But that was probably for the best, because who wants to go to school on a Friday after a snow day?
Today, of course, teachers were doing things they planned to do last week. Today the ESL kids were being tested in reading and math. They were benchmark tests, which means they weren't being graded, just used as assessment tools. I realize that it is important to test these kids to see how their language is progressing, but when is enough testing too much? Especially since these kids also get the same tests as students who do have English as their native language (i.e. SOLs). Culturally, these kids may be less used to tests, also, and therefore not have the test-taking skills most adolescents possess. Also, it depends on how well these tests are written. That, I cannot attest to.
Speaking of testing, Valerie Strauss again uncovered another great article about the art and science of teaching. Often there are more questions than answers. Just like in life.
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