I currently have 8 students that I am trying to collect VGLA evidence. It is ridiculously hard and is like having another job without planning time or support. I feel like I barely have time to teach b/c I'm trying so hard to collect evidence and none of the evidence is allowed to look the same in each binder. It's ridiculous.

To PP, there is no VGLA in high school. They have what is called VSEP (or something like that). The teachers have to write an intensive plan, submit it to the state and aren't allowed to collect evidence until it's been approved. I think our testing coordinator said there is only a handful of students doing this right now. It is tied to earning weighted credits.

I feel like we are setting our kids up for failure by pulling them out of the testing loop. VGLA should be for your few kids who really know the material, but have severe testing anxiety or who have trouble on multiple choice/written tests, but can verbalize and show their knowledge in other ways. It's not meant for the type of kids that we're being made to VGLA. It's a result on number panic when scores come in.