Tomorrow my kids take the Georgia EOCT (End of Course Test) for 9th Grade Language Arts. It is a state mandated 20% of their grade. While standardized tests are not the best or only way to evaluate students, however, they are the most effective way to currently evaluate students on a large scale.
I think my kids are ready and I think they will do well. Which is a good counterpart to the nail-biting terror I have about it this time. It's funny, this is the least about me that standardized testing has ever been in my mind. I love these kids, they have worked hard, they put their faith in me to take them on this journey and get them to the destination I promised...
The results are usually back in about 24 hours.
Regardless of this set of results there are already things I want to change and adjust for the next batch of kids next semester. Next semester there will be three classes, two team taught, one standard, about 70 this time. I wonder if that group will be as special to me as this group has been? I think so. I feel like I got to know my kids so much better this time. It's amazing what you can learn when your kids are so much more alert and interactive...
I have applied to present at the National Popular Culture Association Conference in April in Boston. I should hear back on that soon too. Hopefully everything will continue to come together for me to start classes this Spring.
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