Soon, my son will be taking the End of Grade tests here in NC for the first time.  We are from Florida, where from the first day of school, they TEACH for the FCAT (our version of EOG).  Each paper the kids bring home is titled something to the effect of Practice FCAT math, writing, spelling, ect.  Here it has not been that way.  They just started talking to him about it after Easter.  I am dreading the test.  He did not do well on them in Fla, but he did pass.  But in Fla, we got lots of extra help for them.  They had classes before and after school to help the struggling kids.  Here, there is NOTHING.  No help at all.  If you ask for help, they tell you to go to Sylvan.  What is with that?  Do they have stock in Sylvan here?  The teachers do not give you extra papers for the kids to do,  they tell you to go to the kids school store and buy a book.  That is not what I am looking for.  I am looking for them to care about a stuggling kid.  I know that mine is not the only one struggling, so what do the other parents do?  Do they all send their kids to Sylvan?  If I had $5,000 for the cost of it, I would do it.  But I think there should be another way to help.

End of grade tests...they never had them when I was a kid.