“I travel a lot with my students. We go on the road and even learn about things like doing your laundry and managing your time. And maybe that's not on the test at the end of the year, but it's in the test of life and that's why my classroom is successful.” YearsEndsSuccessfulStudentsGoes OnTestsClassroomLaundry Author:Rafe Esquith
“I am asking teachers to understand that we must make the education relevant for the children. If they're only working for the tests or they're only working to please us, they're not going to be interested in school.” IfsChildrenSchoolTeacherPleaseTestsAskingRelevant Author:Rafe Esquith
“Good teachers are an endangered species because they're giving up because of the tests and everything.” GivingTeacherGiving UpTestsSpeciesGood TeacherEndangered Species Author:Rafe Esquith
“Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her.” ChildrenHelpingKidsPastNextIndividualGoalPlayerProgressSpecialStudentsReaderSittingTestsPerformancesBaseballCompareScoreMathematicianBaseball PlayerTest Scores Book:Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 Source: Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
