Can teachers force you to read?
Can teachers force you to read?
A teacher can’t force you to do anything in a classroom. Your actions may result in the instructor removing you from the class or punishing you for your refusal, but the teacher, school and district don’t have the authority to make you do something you don’t want to do.
Why do teachers give tests to students?
They are used to evaluate students’ skills and to give teachers and parents a look at their kids’ strengths and weaknesses. Tests are used to help assign grades, motivate students, and get a broad look at how the school is doing.
Should students be allowed to redo tests and assignments?
Giving students a chance to redo tests and assignments can help them keep striving for mastery, if the process is well managed. As a young teacher, I would tell my students that hard work doesn’t always equate with success.
Should teachers drop penalties for late work and allow students to retake?
As more educators drop penalties for late work and allow students to redo tests, a high school teacher says that traditional policies are better for the majority of students. In my 21 years in the classroom, I’ve had experience with policies around allowing test retakes, dropping late work penalties, and prohibiting zeros.
Do parents with kids opting out of standardized testing have a point?
In response to the added pressure this year, a movement against standardized testing is gathering steam as some parents decide to let their children opt out of the tests. Their movement may not stop the use of the tests. But it does raise the question of whether the resisters have a point.
Why are 80 percent of students opting out of tests?
A group of New School parents announced on Tuesday that 80 percent of students in testing grades were opting out of the tests this year. “There’s very little reason to have faith in the tests,” Rosenberg, who works as a teacher trainer, said. “All you get is one little score. You actually get no information about your child,” she added.
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