FACS ECA

I had an all day meeting in Rochester today in regards to the FACS ECA (End of Class Assessment) that I have to give each of my three 8th grade classes yearly.  I was really dreading going as I thought it would not be of much benefit to me.  Happily, I was wrong.  We spent the time reviewing the readiness test, rewriting the ECA, talking about the purpose of both, calculating cut scores and sharing curriculum ideas.  By the time I left at two I felt pretty good about my own classes.  The director looked at my scores and I appear to be doing well teaching the material that the state wants 8th grade FACS students to master.