Questions to generate a discussion:
1. Why or why not should student reading assessments follow State requirements?
2. Why is it important for teachers to understand assessment for State test and the National Assessment of Education Progress?
3. Is it really necessary to implement the RTI and can teachers be held responsible for an unsuccessful or a wrong result that places a student into special education?
1. State requirements should definitely be considered, but rather than in traditional teaching methods of "cramming" the information into student brains, the state requirements should be looked at as guidelines. We can meet state requirements while using a well-balanced literacy curriculum based on student interests and needs that highlights the fun of reading. We, as teachers can't keep teaching to the tests and expect to turn out life long readers from our class.
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3. I don't think that teachers should be held solely responsible because there are a wide variety of factors that can contribute to literacy growth or lack of growth. RTI is necessary for teachers not only because it helps benefit the student, but it also demonstrates and records that the teacher is actively trying to teach students with reading issues.
Vannessa, Thank you for answering these questions. :-)
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