Why Teachers Love Testing Days

For years American schools have bombarded students with unending multiple choice tests. With Common Core coming into play, standardized tests are fewer and far between. 

Though students may appreciate the lack of tests, teachers do not. Why? Because testing days are basically teacher classroom work days. 

While my students test I have the opportunity to work on various things on my to do list. I grade, update the student work wall, fill out IEP forms, respond to emails, lesson plan, .... The list goes on. 

Testing days are priceless for teachers.

By the end of the day teachers are as exhausted as students, having worked tirelessly, after many cups of coffee, to check off as many tasks as possible. 

Finals are even better. Several days of testing in a row means unending productivity. Before my students know it the grades are updated and the classroom is unnervingly organized - a teacher's paradise (minus all the late work that is turned in in droves). 

Once finals are over, teachers and students get a much-needed break, a reward for the completed work, organized room, and a semester full of blood, sweat, and tears. A break is not just needed, it is earned.