Milestones

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It's that time of year! Milestones testing begins for us on Wednesday. We are testing one grade level at a time, so this will take close to a month to complete. We will start with 5th grade, then 3rd, and then 4th. With every student testing online, the county thought it would be best to test one grade level (system wide) at a time. How is your system handling online testing. How are your teachers and students feeling about the upcoming state assessment. Many are stressed about the test beginning right after spring break. Truthfully, I think everyone will be glad when it is all said and done!

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  1. UnknownApril 14, 2016 at 8:55 AM

    What an interesting way to do Milestones. I am curious to know if the school board provides keyboarding classes so that student are proficient at typing. In my district at the K-5 level we are using a paper and pencil test. There is A LOT of stress. It will be interesting to see if the use of an online boost or lower the scores.

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  2. Giles April 15, 2016 at 11:07 AM

    I think that it is fantastic that your county is testing 100% online. Impressed! My students attend this county; however, I work in another county. I believe that you will get results sooner by testing online. I think that it is a good schedule to follow to ensure that everyone has the technology needed. Our county tests high school completely online. I believe your county middle school is doing something similar to that with middle grades as well. Some teachers and students are feeling overwhelmed around this time of year. We have sent the links for the online practice tests to teachers and made it available to parents a well so that students are able to practice. If you have time, let us know how it goes with 5th grade since they test first.

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