Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Resource Students Mrs. Ross' class consist of 4th and 5th grade resource students. She teaches 4th and 5th grade ELA in the afternoon together. Her students are on a 1st to 2nd grade reading level. Mrs. Ross incorporates both sets of standards when teaching, but because the standards build on each other she leans more toward the fourth grade standard to give her students a stronger foundation. When it comes to unit testing, Mrs. Ross feels that both sets of students would benefit from taking the fourth grade assessment, and only assessing the 5th grade students on the standards that 4th grade does not address. What should Mrs. Ross do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) In ELA, many of the standards are similiar in 4th and 5th grade and can be taught together. The fifth graders need exposure to the fifth grade curriculum because they will be assess on the curriculum at the end of the year. They should take the 5th grade assessment.                 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: I agree. By giving the 5th graders the 4th grade assessment, they are only going to fall further behind. Rated On: October 19, 2014 8:24 pm Rated By: SuGaNe