I have seen the standards be addressed rather proficiently. They do a good job in every subject reaching them where they are and building them up to where they need to be. One think that I have noticed is that they stick to the main subjects of reading, writing, math, science, and history and try to mix in the other subjects when they can. Health is by far the least touched subjects and all teachers that I have talked to say that it is just hard to carve out tie for something that is not as pertinent to their learning. One way I have seen them use the other standards is by incorporating them int a lesson about a core standard. One exampled was when a teacher had them do an art project when they were talking about erosion in the science unit.
A major consensus among teachers is that their is good and bad to standardized testing. One teacher had said that she likes the idea because it is good to see where the students are and what they have to focus on teaching better either later in the school year or next school year. The negative she pointed out what that the standard is not set to calculate for learning disorders or other issues that the students have. This sometimes makes students feel that they are not as good as other and are defeated mentally and sometimes give up on themselves too soon. Also, that the teachers are unfairly measured by these scores because the students in every class, at every school is different. She stressed that there needs to be a way to measure the success of students and teachers beyond the tests, and she is glad that there are currently, and that they are looking to improve it.
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