[MOSAIC] End of Grade Testing

[Margaret Cooper]

At 03:46 PM 5/20/2008, you wrote:

I knew you had to be in North Carolina! Our middle school reading was 
just as long. We had students take the entire 4 hours for the 
reading. Building stamina is something we are also struggling with. 
It's hard to explain to the students just how long they are going to 
have to read - and mostly non-fiction selections.

Margaret Cooper
Curriculum Coordinator
Grover C Fields Middle
New Bern, NC


>Well, we just finished our End of Grade Reading test today.  This is the
>biggie!  It was a brand new test.  In the past there have always been
>several very long 2-3 page selections but this year, every single one
>(eight in all) was that long!  We had more kids shut down this year than
>we have ever had in the past.  I know it is a stamina problem.
>
>Angela Hatley Almond
>Fourth Grade
>East Albemarle Elementary School
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