In many schools, the focus for planning the test is on administration. There are rules and regulations, ethical concerns, materials acquisition and distribution concerns, test coverage concerns, and behavior management concerns. These are all legitimate concerns. If we ignore any of them, we can cause many students to score below their potential. It is also possible, however, that we can do all of these things well and still allow students to underperform.
The Testing Period is not just the time when the test is administered to all students. It is the time when we build an optimum assessment environment, prepare the students for that environment, administer the test, and assess the success of our environment, enabling students to perform their potential.
The Testing Period begins two to three weeks before the test starts and lasts through the week following the test administration.
The goal of the Testing Period is to create an optimum assessment environment in which all students can and will demonstrate their potential as learner and performer.
This book is the aggregation of the research and fieldwork that has gone into our approach to working with struggling schools as well as adding value to blue ribbon schools. We tried to write it in a step-by-step, show your math, chunked out format so that if the leadership team were never able to attend an Ed Directions PD, they could still plan and monitor their school year with the student-focused understanding of the Rhythm of the Learner Year in mind.
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From kindergarten to high school, we are dedicated to boosting student performance, closing achievement gaps, and focusing education on the students’ needs, first and foremost.
