With the reality that eventually (whether it’s next year or
a few years after that) we will be moving to more and more online testing, this
article focuses on skills that even the most tech-savvy students will need to
have in order to be successful with online testing and five ways to help
students get there. We piloted the PARCC and the new Science and Social Studies
tests this spring and found a lot of the same issues come up that are listed in
this article. The biggest challenge we have, according to this article is “the new online assessments will challenge
educators to ensure that students not only have learned certain things, but
also can demonstrate their knowledge using technology and apply their learning
to a variety of tasks—all without the direction of the teacher.”
It's the easiest road to go down this time of year, negative thoughts. So much is happening, deadlines are looming, parents are questioning, and pressures continue to mount on the decision makers. My father always told me "Attitude is Everything". We have the ability to control our attitude at all times, which in turns controls a lot our outcomes. The power of positivity is something we can all recharge from. Take a minute to reflect on how much power/influence you can have by simply being positive. Remember the main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing.
