Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Time vs. Assessment With the Georgia Standards of Excellence for 6th grade Mathematics, there is an extensive curriculum map that outlines the standards and projected time frame it should take teachers to teach the content and assess the students for mastery. The average time frame that is provided for each unit that is to be taught is approximately four weeks. There are some units that average more than eight standards that are to be taught in a four week period. Do you think teachers have enough time to effectively teach content and students master it prior to them being assessed at the end of the school term on state standardized tests? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would say that it depends on the standards and how well they integrate together. For example, if one standard is based on a 4/5th-grade level, and ends touching on a 7th, I could see teaching them as it is mostly review for the students and then instruction towards the next level. This type of style I can imagine being helpful for teachers. It would also not be as time-consuming if you know your students already are meeting some of the standards so they can be allocated less time. However, if the standards are all at the 6th-grade level and are loosely related, I can not see it being beneficial for students as it would be impractical to teach them that quickly. As I said, it all depends on how tightly or loosely each standard is related/built off each other.