ANA creates a cooperative learning opportunity for me and two schools
The build up to the ANA assessments During this past week all South African learners sat for the Annual National Assessments(ANA) standardized tests. What was interesting is how parents, teachers and just about everybody became involved in some way with the preparation for the ANA tests. There is definitely a mixed reaction to ANA on the ground. Parents, friends and members in my family complained about the high standards of the sample tests that that they had to help their children with "CAPS is difficult," said an exasperated Dad. “Goodness,” exclaimed one such friend, “I can’t recall ever having to answer such questions when I was in the Foundation phase”. A medical doctor said she was flabbergasted when she could not answer sample questions that her nephew at primary school had to practice answering. ANA even dominated the facebook statuses posted by my cyber friends. One teacher celebrated the performance of her Grade 1 class in the ANA tests, add...