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At this very moment it is 1:41 pm on Friday the 27th
of May 2016. I currently have my third period class in my room with me. I haven’t
seen them as a class since Tuesday because of End-of-Grade Testing.
Today the 7th Graders took the state quasi-mandated
Science Final Exam. I refer to it as quasi-mandated because not all seventh
grade students have to take it. The Exam doesn’t test how well the students
learned Science. The Exam tests how well the teacher taught Science. The
students don’t even find out how they scored on the test.
Technically, only my three Science classes were required to take
the Science Final Exam because the two Science teachers at the other end of the
hall also taught Math all year so they will be judged based on the Math EOG scores
and their students only had to take the Science Final Exam so parents for my
team wouldn’t complain that their kids had to take the exam and the students on
the other two teams didn’t.
I only got to watch my homeroom take the Science Final Exam.
Based on what I saw, the students took it very seriously and made a good
effort. It took a lot of self-discipline not to read over a shoulder or two in
an attempt to discern just what type of questions were asked on the test.
Technically, I’m not supposed to be privy to the actual content of the test.
My teaching teammates gave me encouraging reports about the way
my other Science classes worked on the Exam. I am hoping to get some very
encouraging results next week when the scores come back.
But today is Friday, and it won’t be long before the dismissal
bell rings and the students will be on their way home. Shortly thereafter, so
will we, the teachers. It is, after all, Memorial Day Weekend, which means 3
days off. After this week, we all, students and faculty alike, dearly need it.
As always, I remain,
The Exhausted Educator
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