As we near the end of the school year, I look back on my students progress. I see kids who are learning, kids who are successful, and a lot of kids that are in basically the same place as they were in August. Is closing gaps even a thing?
As we near the end of the school year, I look back on my students progress. I see kids who are learning, kids who are successful, and a lot of kids that are in basically the same place as they were in August. Is closing gaps even a thing? My principal talks about this all the time as if we can easily teach a skill to a student and they close the gap. He goes on and on before state testing about getting kids up to grade level and closing gaps. I don't really see gaps ever get closed. Our state testing scores are decent for the state, they went up every year since covid until last year. I wonder if we have hit soft ceiling of our school. It's not like we don't try. There are plenty of programs, placements, and meetings about struggling kids. It all seems to go nowhere in terms of outcomes. A lot of the same kids do about the same every year. Can you really close gaps? submitted by /u/ProudComment1211 [link] [comments]