- all 11th graders to the the ACT standardized college admissions exam
- a separate career skills test startin ghe the 2014-15 school year
- all 9th and 10th graders would take a pre-ACT test starting that year - also....EXPLORE test in 9th grade, PLAN test in 10th grade, and WorkKeys skills test in 11th grade.
There will be new computer-adaptive standardized tests for elementary and middle-school students to be fully implemented in 2014-15.
We'll just have to wait to see how these plans work out. We live in interesting times, don't we? Question is, how prepared are we as Title I teachers? Is Wisconsin on the right track?
Cluster of new exams proposed for all high schoolers –
Wisconsin would use ACT, pre-ACT tests to gauge progress. Erin
Richards 9.12.12. Journal Sentinel.
I think the Maps testing that we are incorporating is a good step in more authentic testing in that it will pre-test at the student's level and, therefore, show growth on the posttest. However, I agree more with the first article of interest. Kids need a lot more than academics to be successful in life. To base the entire success of a teacher, school and/or student on a single high stakes test, is unconcienable. But I know I'm preaching to the choir here. :-)
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