The frenzy of standardized test season has mostly passed for schools and students. Louisiana children took their state LEAP and iLEAP tests in April. Now they await their scores, which increasingly determine the fates of students, teachers and schools.
The weeks leading up to standardized tests are the most stressful time of year in New Orleans public schools. WWNO set out to report on the intensity of test time, and quickly hit upon a labyrinth of practices, rules and thinking that makes testing a world unto itself, in many ways an impenetrable one.
As this school year comes to an end, our series "Behind the Test" explores some of the systems and regulations that surround standardized testing and impact the results. That includes test security, verifying scores, test anxiety, and the value of the data that's driving expansion of testing to younger and younger students.
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As the stakes grow higher for standardized tests, so too does the desire to test more students — including younger and younger ones. WWNO wraps up its…
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Behind The Test: Schools Turn To Social Workers, Relaxation Techniques To Deal With LEAP Test StrainWWNO continues its series "Behind the Test" with a look at standardized testing through the lens of test anxiety. In the weeks leading up to the LEAP…
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WWNO continues its series “Behind the Test” with a look at test security. The paper booklets, and students’ answers inside, can determine things like…
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Louisiana’s schools have a lot riding on student performance on standardized tests, and the stakes can be even higher for educators.Louisiana is one of…
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School is winding up for the year, and students have the state LEAP test behind them. That’s the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, the…