It is finally upon us. Did they learn? Did they master grade level content knowledge and reading skills? Have we accomplished in this year what our kids have failed to do for many years previously? Are we ready to pass our EOGs?
The short answer - God I hope so. Insh'allah.
We are planning for remediation, as though they are not going to pass, but we are crossing our fingers, pulling out the good-luck charms, and praying like mad that they do. Also, putting on a front of confidence and nonchalance and telling the kids we have no doubt in the world that they can all pass this test.
Oh what tangled webs we weave. I guess that's not really that tangled. But it kind of looks like it on paper.
Insh'allah, insh'allah, insh'allah. Padre nuestro que estas en el cielo santificado sea tu nombre...
Along with testing today, I'm also discussing current events with my kids. This week's topics come from past lessons. All the kids learned about the oil spill two weeks ago, and today the MSers are doing a follow-up - what's been tried, what worked, what didn't work, what's being planned for the future. The HSers really latched on to the protests in Thailand, and were the ones who alerted me to Seh Daeng being shot last week. (Possibly one of the coolest things to happen - my kids being excited by a current event that they looked at the news on their own and connected back to class. Awesome.) Seh Daeng died earlier today and Bangkok has become increasingly chaotic and uncontrolled and we are going to check-in with that situation via the NYT.
I love current events. As the kids have become better critical thinkers, our discussions get increasingly more interesting and run more smoothly. Perhaps this is the best anecdotal evidence I have that shows my kids have learned. In the fall, they couldn't string two words together based on a news report. Now, they dissect the motives behind BPs various approaches to addressing the oil leak.
But will that transfer to an achievement level on a standardized test? I don't know. And unfortunately, that's the evidence that matters.
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