Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Advanced…but not advanced…student A student was placed in an advanced language arts class as a sixth grader. When reviewing his assessment data, it's clear how he got placed in the class. He scored an 888 in ELA on the CRCT and a 857 in Reading. His work habits, motivation, and skill levels (writing particularly) do not coincide with these high scores. The student is failing ELA at the end of first quarter. Upon further research, it appears he scored a 180 on the 5th Grade Writing Test last year. This score is not meeting. This week is parent-teacher conferences. Does the teacher recommend the student be placed in a general ELA class for second quarter, or does the teacher offer one more quarter for student improvement? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would speak to the parents and the students and give the student one more quarter for improvement. It sounds that the student is failing potentially because of their work habits, not necessarily because they do not understand the content. Explain to them both that advanced ELA moves at a faster pace than general ELA and requires a much higher work ethic that you are not seeing. Explain to them that you need to see this change for this student to continue to stay in advanced ELA, or the student will be moved to general ELA. Make sure the parents AND the student are all on the same page before making a switch if necessary.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Agreed. The teacher should give him a chance to improve, and make sure he knows that he'll have to try harder because advanced ELA moves faster than general ELA. Rated On: October 19, 2014 3:43 pm Rated By: Adam Sanchez