Reply #69: You point out the dangers with relying just on test data. [View All]

[madfloridian]

So much depends on other factors. The years I had so many problem kids, severe problems....the classes did not score well overall. They just could not. Their understanding of our language was too poor to allow comprehension, and there was no one helping in that area at our school.

The two severely learning disabled could not read enough to do well on a test, and I could not help them. They were in between in a gray area in which they could not be excused from the test.

I could go on, but not necessary. The years I had great classes with few problems, they did well. I was the same teacher and loved them all, but I was not superhuman....and could only take them so far as they could go.