chapter 6

So once again I am running around like a chicken without a head trying to juggle everything on my plate and sometimes it seems impossible. I can't believe that the months have gone by so fast and that we are close to the end. I am still behind on my reading but I seem to be on track for my project. I had a hard time trying to figure out what I wanted to do. That was half of the battle. Anyways..... We went through the different formal assessments with the help of our little powerpoints that we did. My girls go to Holy Name Catholic School and my 12 year old would tell me that she was taking her SAT. I thought what do you mean? She is in 6th grade afterall.. well it turns out that she was taking the Scholastic Reading Inventory. Why they call it SAT, I don't know maybe that was just my daughter calling it that but anyways now I get it. What I want to know really is why do the different school districts need to use different assessments? It gets frustrating and I tell you what, both of my girls were nervous and worried for the whole week of testing. These test put alot of stress and pressure on the student and then they get consumed with the " test". It is so unfair. I have yet to get the results but my feeling is that they did well. Fortunately both of them have done well so far. We will see....