Happy Easter

Two weeks after the teaser that is Spring Break and I'm longing for summer.  I will hopefully be working this summer, but it will be a relief to have finished this year.  As an English teacher, my high stakes testing period is over.  TAKS and TELPAS have left the building!  Sadly the rest of testing season is just kicking into high gear.  In it's infinite wisdom, my campus has decided to implement some very complicated and out of context programs to improve test scores.  This may not be so disconcerting since much of the TAKS test is out of context.  I know that many are very concerned about moving to end-of-course exams, but I will be very happy to see the change.