CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: GHSGT'S and EOCT's

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Monday, March 10, 2008

GHSGT'S and EOCT's

As I'm sure you all know by now the GHSGT's are going to be a part of the EOCT's from now on although any student who was "behind the 8 ball" is still subject to the "Complete idiocy" of the GHSGT, (I'm sorry, it's just how I feel). I'm trying to figure out how people who are "Qualified" to work at the state level can come up with this cockamamy idea, then decide to do away with it but then say that the changes can't be retroactive. My daughter is a prime example of one of the "behind the 8 ball" students. She ended up with 3 more credits than she needed to graduate, passed all of her required classes but just couldn't seem to pass the social studies/ science portion of the test, even after 3 try's. Maybe it had something to do with the states latest assesment that "it's hard for students to retain the material for that long so maybe we should include the GHSGT's with the EOCT's". My daughter still doesn't have her diploma. She is too discouraged to muster the motivation to go for the GED. She is currently working at a restaraunt and seems content with it. I think that the reprocusions of this bumbling "GHSGT" idea are going a lot farther than the state ever imagined. I wonder how many other kids are effected this way. I need to call my Senator.

2 comments:

Jessie H said...: Yes, you should call your senator. I wonder about the test questions on the GHSGT too. Have they been validated?; March 10, 2008 at 8:12:00 PM EDT
Esther said...: There has been alot of issues surrounding these test. These kids are stressed out due to so many test they have to take. I agree that you need to call your senator and see what can be done.; March 11, 2008 at 7:12:00 PM EDT