Maryland Elementary School Uses Army Theme To Motivate

The Washington Post (1/14, Leaderman) reports, "Lewisdale Elementary School's faculty has a clear strategy for boosting student assessment scores: they're going to war. For the third year, the Hyattsville-area [MD] school is encouraging students to do well on the Maryland School Assessment test in March by likening the test to a battle. ... The motivation prompted by the army theme has been a key part of students' success on the tests over the past two years, Principal Melissa Glee-Woodard said."