the TASS test standards, which has it’s pros and cons. Personally I am against this type of education because it is all by rote without much creativity thrown in the mix. Many people know what they have learned but freeze up on tests (myself included) so I truly do not believe it is any indication of literacy. But it is how the school systems in Texas get federal funding.

My son says they have a system that if the children fall behind and are labeled slow learners they put them in special classes and somehow are absolved of being poor teachers and still get the federal funding. He is very conservative in his beliefs so I tend to believe he has looked into this.

My granddaughter had fallen behind in her reading skills so my son and daughter-in-law took the bull by the horns read with her every day to get her to her grade level in reading comprehension. She passed the Tass test reading section with flying colors. Her teacher was amazed.

While they were concentrating on her reading skills her math skills dropped from a 93 to a 75…not sure why but they decided she should go to summer school for the month of June for math tutoring. Her teacher told them that wasn’t necessary. It wouldn’t do any good because her test scores were low. So they went to the principal of the school to get it approved.

He said he wished more parents took an interest in their children’s progress. My granddaughter has done well with her math class and is back up to her grade level.

My question is why are teachers allowed to label a child slow so they don’t have to take responsibility for illiteracy? Aren’t they being paid to encourage and teach our children?