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Dealing with so much misbehavior. Management became a focus 

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Dealing with so much misbehavior. Management became a focus 

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Drastic change from participation grades to standard based testing. Because students saw their grades drop because of tests, their motivation dropped too.

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Drastic change from participation grades to standard based testing. Because students saw their grades drop because of tests, their motivation dropped too.

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I know there really isn't a solution but I think the kids are so burned out of testing that even if they are giving an honest effort they're not on their A-game.

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There was high teacher turnover as well as a lot of switching classes which could have contributed to lack of understanding content.

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We were in the first stage of experimenting

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We were in the first stage of experimenting

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We were trying brand new things while being uncertain of how they would turn out. It would make sense that there were failures mixed in with the successes.

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Students thinking they are going to fail anyway, so why try.

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I think it is a number of things from motivation to too much testing to just being able to get by all of their lives. As we took many benchmark test, I saw first hand students finish a 60 questions test in 10 minutes.

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Lack of motivation by the students. I don't need to work because it doesn't stop me from moving on to the next grade.

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Lack of motivation by the students. I don't need to work because it doesn't stop me from moving on to the next grade.

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Flex time needs some TLC to make it truly effective.

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Flex time needs some TLC to make it truly effective.

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Too much testing. We burned the kids out. 

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Too much testing. We burned the kids out. 

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SAGE interim and M-Games and benchmarks and RI = lots of tests in a short amount of time, esp. in the latter half of he year

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Not enough time given to informational essays

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When students do not take responsibility for their own learning...it seems many of the kids who dropped are kids with behavior or attendance issues

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Figuring out how to really capitalize on the reteaching portion of flex

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Most of the nosediving scores came from students with attendance issues

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So, so much testing. What kid cares that this time it's "for real?"

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So, so much testing. What kid cares that this time it's "for real?"

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Kids would benefit from subject- specific reading every day

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More flex time

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More Positive engagement with kids... no name calling

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Not enough flex to answer what students don't know. 

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Not enough flex to answer what students don't know. 

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Reading skills are low. Every day, every period, students should be reading something. Low levels of willingness/ability in students to think/apply effort

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Staying organized and focus on students needs

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Staying organized and focus on students needs

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Cultural hurtles to overcome.

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I think that we as faculty need to strive to get to the kids on a personal level. Good teacher/student relationships can pay off

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Apathy is part. Needs higher expectations for behavior and academics

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More teacher belief in students, and encouraging them. Not talking bad about students. 

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More teacher belief in students, and encouraging them. Not talking bad about students. 

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Apathy - giving up part way through. Maybe if we break projects up into smaller easier to chew bites. (How to eat an elephant - one bite at a time

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Apathy - giving up part way through. Maybe if we break projects up into smaller easier to chew bites. (How to eat an elephant - one bite at a time

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Student learned helplessness difficult to

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Leftover culture of ineffectiveness and laziness ... lots of laziness.

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Leftover culture of ineffectiveness and laziness ... lots of laziness.

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Burn out from both teachers and

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Teacher buy in and the students' lives outside of school.

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Teacher turnover

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Not using the non- tested subjects teachers to our advantage as they can help supplement teaching core standards in tested subjects

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Not using the non- tested subjects teachers to our advantage as they can help supplement teaching core standards in tested subjects

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Not enough Flex in the departments that had the easy ability to do so

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Not enough Flex in the departments that had the easy ability to do so

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student motivation and lack of skills from the past, test burnout

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student motivation and lack of skills from the past, test burnout

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How teachers believe in their students and willingness to work with the tough kids 

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How teachers believe in their students and willingness to work with the tough kids 

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Some students feel like the test was not important and did not put forth their best effort

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A lot of turnaround in some departments. 

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A lot of turnaround in some departments. 

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Getting the numbers in front of teachers and students sooner. To start the year would be the best for red and green charts, the 100 list and, personal best goals.

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I believe the "feel" or atmosphere of a particular class or department contributes a lot to a student's willingness to engage. Some of our shortcomings may be attributable to our getting lost in the difficulty of classroom management and allowing that to overtake the positive, excited environment we had set out to create in our classrooms.