1. What do YOU think?

2. FIRST Group 1: WHY ARE TESTS IMPORTANT?
Group 2: WHY ARE TESTS NOT IMPORTANT?
Group 3: WHY ARE GRADES IMPORTANT?
Group 4: WHY ARE GRADES NOT IMPORTANT?

3. SECOND
You have been appointed to a high school improvement committee for Excalibur High School. Your responsibility is to redesign the curriculum.
Consider the courses students will need to take each year and within each subject
How many classes will students need to graduate?
What electives are available? How many will students’ need to graduate?
How will you measure achievement? Growth? Proficiency?

4. JOURNAL #11
Based on the discussion and investigation that you and your classmates did, what would YOU do to change education as we know it in terms of curricula?