Standardized Testing…no matter if you hate it or tolerate it, it is a part of the education landscape. There are many complaints people have about standardized testing. High pressure isn’t good for kids; it takes the focus off true learning; it doesn’t truly measure a student’s ability, etc. But often we don’t focus on the hard truth that testing days are brutally boring for teachers. Staring at a group of students for four hours while they are testing is hard. I have had several mind games I have to play to keep myself awake and alert. One of them is I treat the day as an expedition, and compose my day’s journal entry in my head during the testing. This year I decided to keep track of my journal entries. Benchmark Day 1 Today I took my young explorers on a trial expedition. Fortunately, most of them came well equipped. I had to offer replacement equipment to one of them. We did have a few hiccups with the equipment at the beginning of the...
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