Sunday, October 31, 2010

Test

The students had another test. This one was on the governments, economics, and a little culture of Southwest Asia. Almost half of the questions were directly from the last test. From grading the first class's tests, I know that most of them missed the repeat questions more than the new ones. I guess they just didn't get the government information.

When most your students don't understand the information you want to go back over it (I would think). Because they have to know it for the CRCT at the end of the year, or they will not go on to the next grade.

However, given time constraints, it's not possible to redo an entire unit. I guess, the best thing to do would be to try to bring that information up again in new units. Governments should be an easier topic to do that with, since the students study different regions all year, so government is an easy topic to recover.

Tests and Quizzes are worth 60% of the students' grades. This is a mandatory percentage. So, the teachers try to give as many tests and quizzes as possible. Many of the students are bad test takers, or just do not study.




Here is another funny test answer I found online:

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I think it's crazy how these kids are ignoring opportunities to help themselves. It's a gimme test - all you have to do is reach out and take it! Also, I love the funny test answers. :)