[MOSAIC] reading intervention

[Renee]

Ick ick ick.  Run, don't walk, away from Standards Plus.

It is a highly scripted multiple choice test prep thingie that is  
really really dull, boring, and probably expensive. In most grades  
students have a "workbook" and the teacher uses overheads. It's done  
once a day. Teacher puts overhead up, students do the page, teacher  
goes over the answers.  bleagh bleagh  At my school they are even doing  
it in Kindergarten, and in my opinion it is a complete waste of time.  
Imagine the time consumed handing out the worksheets to students,  
getting out the overhead, standing at the overhead directing the whole  
class of 5-year-olds to circle the correct answer to something.  You  
should see how many papers just get scribbled on.

Run, run, run, as fast as you can.

Renee


On Apr 1, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Brenda White-Keller wrote:

> Has anyone used Standards Plus?  My principal is talking about  
> starting this program.  I'm curious if anyone has used it and been  
> successful.  Is there another intervention program that is better?????
>   Thanks,
>   Brenda
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