tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post5681405914664631299..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: ELA exam 2nd day: major snafu - what should now happen? Leave your comments below!Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-28665409408854857122016-04-18T08:39:53.193-04:002016-04-18T08:39:53.193-04:00Anonymous said...
Unacceptable Their Isn't No ... Anonymous said...<br />Unacceptable Their Isn't No Excuse. The Children is already scared taking the test and now you send test paper with out papers they need. You sure PASS THEM ALL CAUSE IT'S YOUR FAULT NOT THE CHILDREN. SHAME ON YOU ALL<br /><br />April 7, 2016 at 12:20 AM<br /><br /> This is the result of no common core evaluations and no teacher evaluation. " The children is already scare" should read the Children "ARE " already scare- " .. and now you send test paper with out papers they need" ????? . You sure PASS THEM ALL CAUSE IT'S YOUR FAULT NOT THE CHILDREN" . It should read YOU SHOULD- not SURE .... <br /><br />This advocate for no testing has benefitted tremendously from not testing or evaluations .... lets dumb down are kids. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-89899507616008552522016-04-13T09:30:53.788-04:002016-04-13T09:30:53.788-04:00I want my child to learn how to take tests. My chi...I want my child to learn how to take tests. My child came home saying " I was bored to tears sitting there for the test to end." Most children in the class finished the test within 45 minitues, and they had to sit there waiting for the last child to finish two hours later. <br />This is insane. If as a parent, you are not doing your job to keep your child on par with the class, do not bore our children by dragging us down. <br />What is the point of giving no time limit on tests? Find a better way to teach, to raise your child, not by lowering the education standard!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-45048275531761852762016-04-11T13:48:32.867-04:002016-04-11T13:48:32.867-04:00Some teachers were never told about the missing pl...Some teachers were never told about the missing planning pages, so students in some schools were never told how to deal with this situation. The whole thing is pretty unfair to the students, teachers and schools. Regardless of whether or not these scores are used to punish students and teachers, they do reflect on everyone. The scores follow the students and teachers and are used to rank and grade schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-64897594888403279112016-04-09T12:54:29.839-04:002016-04-09T12:54:29.839-04:00We didn't. The local BOCES office called our p...We didn't. The local BOCES office called our principal/test coordinator's office. They interrupted the test via the PA system to tell everyone that they just got a call there is no planning page in the 6th grade test like it says in the directions. BOCES suggests using extra paper, but the directions from NYS say not to. SO...just have the kids use the space in the front inside cover (Super small space). There were about 6-8 blank pages at the back. I had my kids just label the very last page "Planning page"....Like it took a Rocket Scientist! Lol!<br /><br />rochesterteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803388626692606808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-7398941910381126962016-04-08T16:44:38.365-04:002016-04-08T16:44:38.365-04:00Anonymous said... How did teachers get the email, ...Anonymous said... How did teachers get the email, if they are not supposed to be on their phones, laptops, tablets, etc.? They are supposed to be monitoring the students.<br />anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480802596050597106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-50514930903707129262016-04-07T19:52:52.684-04:002016-04-07T19:52:52.684-04:00My students noticed at 8:50 am that 7th grade Book...My students noticed at 8:50 am that 7th grade Book 2 had no planning page. Administrators were told. Nothing was done for over an hour. <br /><br />Meanwhile, students eat breakfast between 7-8 am. Some are working till 1 pm or later on the exam. Lunch is over. Not hot food for them (and we are a title 1 school) and no break. Eat and go to class. The students said the proctors were complaining they were hungry and wanted lunch. Really? What about the kids? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-15359739168650149492016-04-07T17:16:52.650-04:002016-04-07T17:16:52.650-04:00Hi all, I am a parent of a 4th grader. During the ...Hi all, I am a parent of a 4th grader. During the arduous Day 3 essays, she was the last one to finish writing. Before she could finish, her proctor (who is also her teacher) asked her in front of the class when she expected to be done. The kid was already feeling pressured by the fact that everyone else finished their test. I am probably overly sensitive and should just let this slide, but it seems the teacher was annoyed at having to endure such a long test period. I guess the untimed test is not sitting well with the administrators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-7535238368972829992016-04-07T16:41:55.084-04:002016-04-07T16:41:55.084-04:00Who is getting the kickbacks? I know the teaching ...Who is getting the kickbacks? I know the teaching in all subjects are not grade/age appropriate at least through grade. I do agree that we need to get past "See Dick run", and that students need to be taught to think and reason, not just repeat bits of information, but the people who developed this whole program should be fired and taxpayers get their money back. Who contributed what to whose campaign?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-62812313681049685082016-04-07T15:46:01.400-04:002016-04-07T15:46:01.400-04:00They should survey the schools to see how long stu...They should survey the schools to see how long students tested for. Day 2 and 3 we had some test from 9am to 2 PM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-55557411524571405252016-04-07T15:39:10.513-04:002016-04-07T15:39:10.513-04:007th grade exam included a passage called "Exc...7th grade exam included a passage called "Excerpt from Buddha Boy" that was absurdly difficult to comprehend because it was completely removed from the context of the book it was torn from. 3 characters were named who had absolutely no connection to the events in the passage- I found myself reading it 4 times, trying to understand who they were and what I missed. Had students literally crying in frustration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-25479335965958002212016-04-07T09:38:00.625-04:002016-04-07T09:38:00.625-04:004th grade extended response question was inaccurat...4th grade extended response question was inaccurate. Asked how the character's feelings toward SHEEP changed in the story. Was supposed to ask how their feelings about sheep HERDING changed. Character's feeling about sheep was that they smelled badly, that feeling NEVER changed. Feelings about the job of sheep herding changed though, which were excited, nervous, etc. Tests were much harder, longer, and not even close to developmentally appropriate. People still making alot of money off them though! Poor kids. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078581437673935134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-35366555982554573932016-04-07T07:22:01.802-04:002016-04-07T07:22:01.802-04:00Don't these idiots have proofreaders????Don't these idiots have proofreaders???? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236416915688056079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-35868096168238115162016-04-07T06:57:12.450-04:002016-04-07T06:57:12.450-04:00One 3rd grader had to sit in the library until 3 p...One 3rd grader had to sit in the library until 3 pm because he had not completed the writen responses. He was given a lunch break. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-3301334284048931682016-04-07T02:53:04.802-04:002016-04-07T02:53:04.802-04:00Questar is not yet the vendor or grader or develop...Questar is not yet the vendor or grader or developer for 2016. Their contract starts in 2017. Another lie by Elia or Farina or both to make parents think the quality has improved. Utter Garbage! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-62352223160846167942016-04-07T00:29:30.853-04:002016-04-07T00:29:30.853-04:00I think Quester would fail all of those tests and ...I think Quester would fail all of those tests and should now get AIS. Then they should have to sit through the tests again next year until they get it right then maybe just maybe the testing will decrease and the kids will have an opportunity to learn instead!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-51605120016729937642016-04-07T00:21:56.893-04:002016-04-07T00:21:56.893-04:00Unacceptable Their Isn't No Excuse. The Childr...Unacceptable Their Isn't No Excuse. The Children is already scared taking the test and now you send test paper with out papers they need. YOU SHOULD PASS THEM ALL CAUSE IT'S YOUR FAULT NOT THE CHILDREN. SHAME ON YOU ALL Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-51328323855935100842016-04-07T00:20:05.832-04:002016-04-07T00:20:05.832-04:00Unacceptable Their Isn't No Excuse. The Childr...Unacceptable Their Isn't No Excuse. The Children is already scared taking the test and now you send test paper with out papers they need. You sure PASS THEM ALL CAUSE IT'S YOUR FAULT NOT THE CHILDREN. SHAME ON YOU ALL Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-18990688458718539012016-04-06T23:41:39.737-04:002016-04-06T23:41:39.737-04:00To be fair-I am not happy about the errors but unt...To be fair-I am not happy about the errors but until it was pointed out I did not realize it happened. I proctored 8th grade and there were planning pages in the booklet. They were completely blank and I did not think about them being after the stop page until after the tests had been turned in. As it can cause big problems, NYSED has explaining to do.<br /><br />Reading selections included: an article titled The Silver Dream Machine by Jan Greenburg and Sandra Gordon. It had a couple ambiguous questions and I had to flip back and forth to review the test to answer what I thought was the "best" answer<br /><br />Also was an excerpt from "Stranger From the Tonto" by Zane Grey, written in 1956. Cannot verify a lexile level other than AD or "Adult Directed" Had to look up what a crag was afterwards. Vocab words provided were burro, labyrinth, verdure, perturbation and austerity. One question asked was poorly placed as the lines that were baing asked about fell on pages you had to flip to look at.<br /><br />Lastly was Winter Hibiscus by Minfong Ho. Found it on a Maryland website used as a 12th grade resource in 2008. Students had to make connections of symbolism for different characters in the excerpt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-19534705679230835142016-04-06T23:29:31.566-04:002016-04-06T23:29:31.566-04:00I hear all these complaints and I agree but wouldn...I hear all these complaints and I agree but wouldn't it be better if everyone took a stance and boycotted these exams? There is no law they have to take them so if students are opted out they will not be able to test them. Take a stance instead of complaining. That's what sends the message. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01576517593450419271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-71929692870805075532016-04-06T23:02:52.276-04:002016-04-06T23:02:52.276-04:00another error
from Data specialist:
Please also...another error <br /><br />from Data specialist:<br /><br />Please also be advised, if you haven't already uncovered this, that the Grade 5 Scoring Leader Practice Set file is corrupt. Questar will be sending guidance to the principals via email tomorrow.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-19662223831821325102016-04-06T22:43:22.447-04:002016-04-06T22:43:22.447-04:00http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/schools/des...http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/schools/despite-problems-ela-tests-remain-valid-new-york-state-says-20160406Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-19941517489687184962016-04-06T22:23:22.745-04:002016-04-06T22:23:22.745-04:00The no-time limit on these test is insane! It is a...The no-time limit on these test is insane! It is a symbol that our education quality is too low that our students can not finish a test within reasonable time limit. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-55793322055239868592016-04-06T22:10:42.914-04:002016-04-06T22:10:42.914-04:00We got the email at 10. We had kids testing until ...We got the email at 10. We had kids testing until 2:20.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-73682051980641597302016-04-06T22:09:26.881-04:002016-04-06T22:09:26.881-04:00Like @JulieFoster above, I teach a special populat...Like @JulieFoster above, I teach a special population. I teach mostly ELLS. In April and May, I will be pulled out for over TWELVE school days of instruction to administer NY State Exams (6 Days), The NYSESLAT Speaking Test (3 Days), NYSESLAT Listening, Reading, and Writing (3 Days). After one year in the US, these students survive the shell-shock of a new culture, language, school, etc. only to be battered by testing. It's appalling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-77812955068700361862016-04-06T21:57:37.764-04:002016-04-06T21:57:37.764-04:00because no one noticed the error until after the t...because no one noticed the error until after the test began...we were never notified in the classroom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com