High school math teacher here. In the state I'm at, only math and English are state tested in high schools with STAR. Maybe I'm missing something, but why aren't other subjects tested? To me, it seems like it puts all the testing on the Math and English teachers. What I don't care for is that the tests are measured on "growth" as well too, not really how high they score. We have incentives but something it doesn't stop several students who "just want to be done" and just guess at all of the answers. Our test scores are good but we have another round coming up next month and sometimes I lose sleep wondering if more are going to do poorly again this year since it's later in the semester. To me, I thinks it's somewhat unfair. Why aren't other subjects tested? I understand some electives are not tested because not everyone has to take them. No wonder why there are so many math teaching openings in my state.
By the way, I wish these state tests would go away for everyone and all subjects. It just "irks" me that Math and English are tested but other subjects are off the hook.
Submitted March 09, 2025 at 09:37AM by MathMan1982 https://ift.tt/r4UDE1S
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