I almost feel that I should be putting this in the brag thread but (God willing long may this last) one of the good things about the current standardized testing mania is that DD's 4th grade teacher saw DD8 score 95% on the 'end of year' test in the first week of school and that the 5% she missed were just careless mistakes or bad questions.
For homework the teacher sets a 'study island' module every week which is electronically monitored; each pupil is expected to do this for 50 mins a week and there is a 'qualifying' test to show mastery. DD's teacher just wants her to do the test (which takes her <5 mins) and then DD spends the rest of the 50 mins doing stuff like the challenging word problems or Lure of the Labyrinth.
This teacher has gifted kids herself and totally gets it!
