my school is not failing. we are greatly successful."
haha that was when i was in the trenches being positive. i was making that statement by what i saw in my classroom.
i do not feel the standardized tests reflected the growth of the students accurately.
but after a year there - i realize that i failed with some students in some ways. i do not consider my work a failure though. i just could not reach 100% of my students.
some because i was white...
but then again some students looked at me with more respect because i was white and there...so it worked both ways.