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Just wondering about something here. I have been forcing back the idea to induce a comma for myself. I have had my class taking some of the state practice reading tests. Now in years past, all I had to do was clap my hands, blink my eyes, and like magic, my classes would excel, and try their best. My classes scores have been like a roller coaster up and down, I think a couple of times when the roller coaster would go upside down, I'd drop a couple too. This week however I changed my plans, sharpened my fangs and put some bite on their practice tests. I scored them, and invited students who scored 80% or higher the option of not taking anymore of the tests in that section. Thankfully in each group there were a couple of kids who scored 100%. As I discussed being competitive, many wanted to score higher, to "beat" those who scored 100%. As a result, their scores have been climbing. My question or idea is what do you do. What have you found that works. My hope is we can come up with a few ideas to keep teachers from going crazy during this time.
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Darren, I think you have struck a chord with your present class! Possibly in the future, races or competitions between/among classrooms might be a good inducement to help stimulate kids to excel. I often feel like we are always on that roller coaster of trying to get kids to succeed - whether it is state assessments or just doing a good job on a class performance. What has happened to children's or people's desire to excel?
OFTEN creativity is the answer. What works this time might not work next year. Some schools award students who achieve excellence a day off school. I think this is a good idea. Also how about awarding a coupon to students who reach a certain criteria. The coupon could be "You don't have to turn in one assignment of your choice this month" or "You just earned extra reading minutes for your high test scores" or "No Homework tonight!" Most of the time the students who do well are the ones who have good grades so they wouldn't "miss" anything spectacular by using the coupon. Just some ideas. Everyone needs to share the ideas they use so that others can benefit from this type of collaboration!
Good luck!
K
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