July 16, 2007

Teaching, Tests And Paperwork… And Tests and Paperwork… And Tests And Paperwork

The volume and apparent irrelevance of paperwork is a major complaint among teachers. A blog entry remarks on this, especially in light of ELL students (and the extension could be made for special ed teachers as well).

"On the New York Times‘ weekly education page, Samuel Freedman tells the compelling story of one English as a Second Language [ESL] teacher in the New York City public schools, Allison Rabenau. Aptly entitled “So Much Paperwork, So Little Time to Teach,” Freedman’s essay explains how during the first and last six weeks of the school year, Rabenau’s time was totally consumed by tests and paperwork."

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