First Day of Institute

Today the achievement gap became very real. Our summer students took a pre-test so that we'll be able to discover their weak areas and track their progress over the next few weeks. This afternoon we got the results back. Out of 85 questions, at least 3/4 of students hadn't gotten past question 60; even the students that had answered only about 10-25 questions correctly - I do not exaggerate. It is truly horrific that these students have such a poor understanding of middle school math. I hope to see some great gains this summer. Tomorrow we input the data from the tests into an excel program that will tell us specifically what each student needs help with. I am beginning to realize just how much programs like TFA are needed.