Teachers

=**Teachers' Perspectives**= //(Please add a Pro or Con: edit the text by clicking the **Edit** tab in the top right corner, making changes on the page, and then clicking the **Save** button in the tool bar.)//

**Pros**
DEEEEEEZ Nuts
 * lets teachers know how their students are doing in comparison with other classrooms
 * might offer information that gets a child the support he or she needs
 * helps teachers see an area or skill they may need to focus on
 * In BC, it gives teachers 4-5 hours of "prep" time while their students complete the tests. *I'm really stretching here!!!*
 * It holds teachers accountable (at the testing grade levels anyway)
 * cannot be used in report cards
 * job frustration, conflicts with personal ideologies about how students learn and philosophy of education
 * uses valuable time explaining the test and options re: taking the test to parents
 * It does not account for the many extraneous variables that affect test scores
 * difficult to explain to a parent when FSA results conflict with regular assessment results in the classroom
 * results of tests are used to evaluate teacher performance