My most pressing concern is the emphasis placed on a student’s ability to perform on one assessment throughout the year. Additionally that one assessment is given at a time when teachers have only covered about three-fourths of their course curriculum. Teachers struggle to cover required content before the assessment period, often rushing through with time to introduce while not having time to explore. Strengths of the act are identified in the goals of recognizing student growth and working to increase that rates of growth, focus on Wyoming becoming a national education leader, and improving teachers, leaders, and schools. The main weakness exists in the use of a high stakes assessment to score and rank each school.
As a principal I
As a principal I