Greetings,
I'd love to read the article titled "Is the tail Wagging the Dog?". Does
anyone know if this is available on-line or could someone fax me a copy of
this article? Administration is asking questions about Accelerated Reader
again!! ECE is a tiny school and I question how administration could
justify the expense of this program even if it was seen as being worth the
money.
>After reading the recent article,"Is the tail Wagging the Dog?" in School
>LIbrary Media Activities Monthly, I am convinced that our AR program will
>be taking a slow boat to China much to the chagrin of some of our teachers
>who use it as a part of a grade.
>But my principal, county reading director and others agree that Lexile
>measurements are here to stay. Since Lexile will be the instrument to
>measure reading growth, we had best be on the bandwagon.
This was mentioned as part of the HIT on NCLB
Regards,
Randi
Randi Louise Hermans
BCTLA Second Vice-president: Advocacy
Teacher-librarian
East Chilliwack Elementary K-6
Chilliwack, B.C. Canada
rhermans@shaw.ca
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>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:57:34 -0600
>From: Mary Alice Anderson <maryalicea@MAC.COM>
>Subject: HIT: NCLB and media programs
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> I have recieved many resposnes to my question about the impact of NLCB
> on media programs. Following is an unedited (except for removing names&
> locations ) collection of the responses. Thank you.
>
>Mary Alice Anderson
>
>
>Yes! Reading comprehension is measured by Lexile Range rather than Grade
>Equivalent.
>This is in contrast to our TCAP tests (State Standardized Tests) and of
>course Accelerated Reader assessments. Our district has purchased through
>Follett, Lexile ratings (which are now accessed through OPAC) and
>matching stickers for our books. We already have AR stickers and labels on
>the spines of our library books. Since there is no other place to attach
>the Lexile sticker, we have chosen to place the sticker on the inside
>front cover of each library book that has a Lexile range.
>After reading the recent article,"Is the tail Wagging the Dog?" in School
>LIbrary Media Activities Monthly, I am convinced that our AR program will
>be taking a slow boat to China much to the chagrin of some of our teachers
>who use it as a part of a grade.
>But my principal, county reading director and others agree that Lexile
>measurements are here to stay. Since Lexile will be the instrument to
>measure reading growth, we had best be on the bandwagon.
>
>
>I see our role in technology as expanding rather than
>shifting. Librarians are expected to keep up with the current technology
>trends and achievement goals, incorporate them in our lessons, teach and
>suppport these trends to others, while maintaining the programs that have
>already been installed (AR, STAR. IAI). We are juggling more balls instead
>of dropping a few.
>
>NCLB is creating great confusion. Our teachers are under incredible
>pressure from the state and local hierarchy to remain on the "good school"
>list. And we all know that NCLB ratings may be in the hands of a "few"
>students' scores.
>It seems that we (students, teachers and schools) are being evaluated and
>"tagged" by the NCLB decree. We, as educators, have been left with the
>mechanics of the mandate and not given the means or tools to achieve its
>goals. At the same time our schools are being threatened with public
>humiliation if the goals are not met.
>
>
>I supose this is input of a sort for you. I have heard practically
>nothing about NCLB at our school. I attend all the faculty meetings and
>district conference days and have barely heard it mentioned. I don't
>know what that means. Perhaps we are already complying with the
>requirements? Perhaps our district (rural/suburban - relatively wealthy
>population base) does not qualify? Perhaps our state (NY) already has
>enough high stakes testing in place? I don't know - all I know is that
>it appears to not even rippled the waters a little bit.
>
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