Fadedwords

The week of EOG testing went very smoothly.  The first day of testing there was a hiccup or two, but overall the whole week was fantastic. 

In North Carolina if a child doesn’t pass the first administration of EOGs, they have to retest.  They have two opportunities to retest.  At my school 28 children needed to retest, which isn’t a whole lot.  I had to go through and pull out test books for these kids and get everything set up.

This morning I realized I had made a mistake.  There are three 5th grade students who get read aloud as a modification who need to retest.  I had already realized I messed up and didn’t give two of the kids the same test book; this means they can’t be in the same room because they have different forms of the test.  I shrugged that one off because we had someone who could test each of the children. 

Then this morning I was recounting tests and double checking that the color of each answer sheet matched the color of the test book.  I realized I had made another mistake. 

I had forgotten another 5th grade student got the read aloud modification.  I obviously don’t have alternate test books on hand, so this student can’t be in with either of the other two students.  What it comes down to is me having to administer the test, which isn’t really supposed to happen, but I have no choice.

I went to my principal and told her that I’d made a mistake, and she reassured me that this was no big deal in the big picture of things.  I’m taking responsibility for it and holding myself accountable.  I’m just frustrated that I missed something so obvious.

I also just got a phone call from our central office; I forgot to do the special codes for all the kids… so I’ll be bubbling all damn afternoon.  It’s little things like this that really, really upset me and frustrate me.  I really thought we’d had such a smooth testing cycle, and now these few little things crop up. 

Blah.