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!) I feel like, although the standards do build on each other, it is imperative that she exposes her 5th graders to the 5th grade standards because that's what they will be tested on, especially when it comes to the end of the year tests (Georgia Milestones test). I think the 4th grade standards are a good place to start at the beginning of the school year, but those students need to see the 5th grade standards. Mrs. Ross can take the standards and modify them in a way her students could understand, if they struggle with that.