Linda Stephenson
Linda Stephenson
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What a lot of people don't realize is these tests are given in preparation for the 10th-grade GQE. That's the one with the highest stakes for individual students. They have to eventually pass that to graduate.
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It's a long testing week. ... The individual teachers try to plan things that are not as stressful so the time when they are not doing tests is more relaxed in the classroom.
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Like most schools, we tried to get it all done as much as possible last week. We had the fog day and had to test Monday.
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The No Child Left Behind Act looks at math and language arts. Adding science is an Indiana initiative.
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We give the Terra Nova test so ISTEP is not the first big test they take. Terra Nova tests similar skills so they get that practice in first and second grades. Some children get stressed by it, but if the parents and teachers have the right attitude, they don't get as stressed. We try not to create an environment that would cause that.