Last week, I gave my very first unit test to my Spanish I class. I must say that I had the best results of any year I have give unit assessments. The funny thing is that this time, the unit included concepts I don’t usually teach the first few weeks of school. The class average was 78%. If I removed the only outlier I had (a 43…the student left the essay section completely blank), the class average was 80%. For many teachers, this may not be a success because it is still a “C” average. However, as compared with previous years, this was a very high rate of success for me. I actually looked at the sections that the students had trouble with and we are currently troubleshooting those weak areas for the ones who had issues. With Spanish I on a roll, it is time for me to focus on Spanish II and III to get them totally Flipped for Mastery!