March 3 (Fri.)

Well, every prompt presents its specific issues AFTER the fact… Some of the security camera papers are ok, but NONE of them are great. There isn’t a single 4 in the bunch. Hannah’s is nice, but it’s nothing special. Nobody has really done anything magnificent. There are a lot of solid 3s, but a lot of kids got 2s this go around. This will not go over very well on Monday when we conference. It will make them nervous and maybe even a little scared. While I try to instill a healthy respect for the test, I don’t want anybody to be afraid of it. I will have sleepless nights, but I don’t want them to. The low scores have all had the same problem. They wrote about things that happen at school that are bad, but they never discussed how a camera would change anything. They have plenty of details, blah, blah, blah, but none of that matters if they don’t address the prompt.