Public | K-6 | 998 students |
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Too much is geared toward testing; time spent evaluating what the kids DON'T know. I highly suggest spending more time teaching the material and taking the time to learn students' individual needs instead of spending so much time on testing and data entry. Also, recent disciplinary actions have caused me to question the judgment of the administration. After reading other reviews, I find I'm not the only parent who questions the judgment of the administration.
This school is one of the BEST schools in the state of California. The Principal does amazing things for our kids - she addressess specific needs that students have. As for teaching to the test, SRES teaches the CA standards. The state test is on those standards. That means this school does an excellent job teaching the standards to the kids. You will not find a private school that does a better job in this valley!
We are not very happy with the diversity at the school but our kids are doing really well. I do agree with the comment about the amount of time they spend on testing but in our experience our kids have had excellent teachers that have provided experiences and taught outside of the rote memorization process. Our kids have established great relationships with their teachers so far but have had some racial incidents at the school with other kids. The school 's leadership has handled these situations as best they could in a neighborhood where elements of racial discrimination still exist.
Too much time spent on preparing for the STAR testing. To much pushing students to all fit the same mold. Too much homework and rote memorization going on and not enough individual thinking. High STAR test scores just mean that you have done well in making the kids memorize the answers. When they get to the high school, they are all the same from any school in the area. We moved for the school but realized after several years that to get those high test scores, the kids are being taught to take the test - not to learn, comprehend, use etc. Very disappointing. Not for us.
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