i've just graded my first test that was 100% made by me...and this is probably one of the most depressing moments i've had teaching. out of 34 students who took the test...21 failed. 21!! 6 D's, 5 C's, 1 B & 1 A....absolutely horrifying to look at!

i've racked my brain thinking about the test...i went over it a lot...now i'm going to recheck the tests to make sure i graded correctly. i was pretty careful though and i don't think i made errors in the actual grading...and i thought the test was fair...and i asked my teacher and he said he thought it was fair...most of it was from his honors test, but i modified it with some easier questions...

i don't know...i need to think about this and talk to my teacher tomorrow. i know as a teacher i need to look at what i did, whether we taught effectively, whether the questions accurately reflect our teaching, and so on....but the students have a lot to do with it as well. i held a review at lunch and a lot of students admitted that they did not study very much, if at all...and some came in not even knowing we had a test. a lot of the ownership of these bad grades belong to the students and what they did to prepare...plus, the unit was broken up over the break...i don't know...there are lots of things to consider. it's just a sad note to end the night on i think... =(