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An assistant principal who serves as the testing
coordinator at an elementary school in our state recently distributed the letter
below. Not one word has been changed, although we did add information [in
brackets] about some of the abbreviations and acronyms.
Faculty and Staff:
There is a testing challenge upon us in the coming weeks. While everyone is
currently doing base line assessment on our students to help drive the
instructional focus, we have been given the task of the required multiple
assessments from various state and local agencies.
Kindergarten is in the midst of the ECHOS [Early Childhood Observation System]
assessment that must be completed within the first few weeks of school.
Beginning August 28, all K-1 students will take DIBELS [Dynamic Indicators of
Basic Early Literacy Skills]. Our para-professionals will be led by Ms. M*****
in the task.
On August 29, all 4th and 5th grade ESOL [English for Speakers of Other
Languages] students will take the SAT-9 [nationally-normed standardized test
from Harcourt]. The students will be pulled out of the classroom between 8:15
and 8:30 a.m.
On August 30, all LY/LP students in K through 5th grades will take the CELLA
[Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment] test. This test will take
several days to give. However the biggest impact on your day will be August 30th
when we must pull these students out for whole group testing (except
kindergarten which are tested one-on-one). Please refer to the attached
schedule. There are two minor changes to the Specials Schedule for PE 1 and P2
for Wednesday, please take note.
Please be aware that this will be a very busy week. Almost everyone is being
effected in someway. Please be supportive of your peers to that we can quickly
take care of these assessment pieces and help us all get back to the real task
at hand -- teaching our children!
Thank you in advance for your support.
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