Today’s test was the second go-round with the new “70% or SSI” rule. I had about 35 not make the cut last time, and I’ve still been wrastlin’ with how best to use the 10 minutes I have them for each day. Originally, the plan was to keep them all in at break for a week. Then I thought I might have a sliding scale; one or days for almost making it, and progressing upward as your score goes downward. But since I’ve been actually trying to do a little remediation during that time, (I’ve been looking at the item analysis in the CPS software, and seeing which questions most of them got wrong, and working on those) I think I have a system figured out. On day one of SSI, we go over the questions that the majority of them got wrong. On day two, as they come in the door, I hand each of them a 15 question retake version of the test. Score 13+ and you’re done with SSI. On day three we go over the retake with those that didn’t make it again, and they try another retake on day four. The process repeats until they
Middle school teaching: Five shows a day, 180 days a year.
That reminds me of those great SNL skits about the Sofa King. You know, how the prices are "Sofa King" low, the deals are "Sofa King" great, etc. (You obviously have to say those phrases out loud to get the joke.)