It’s that time of year again—when student work is taken down or covered and teachers must sign countless forms attesting that they will follow proper procedures. Yes, it is standardized testing season.
After spring break, students at ANCS and other public schools across Georgia will take the new Georgia Milestones tests (grades 3-8) or the second round of “SLO” (student learning objectives) tests (grades K-2). The impact of these tests is now amplified with the way student test scores factor into school accountability through CCRPI and into teacher and school leader evaluations through Teacher and Leader Keys. All of this seems a good reason to repost my blog post from a year ago this time about “using standardized tests sensibly”.