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Students Practice Field Tests, Residents Pay

Malverne School District Community Posted on May 5, 2015 by

In May, schools are administering local assessments that, like the standardized state tests, are used to evaluate the teachers (APPR). In June, between the 1st and 10th, selected schools are assigned to administer “field tests.” I described the nature of field tests in two posts (here and here). Briefly, these tests are collected, not graded, never returned. They help Pearson, test developer, prepare future tests. The following neighborhood schools were assigned to administer the … Continue reading →

Malverne HS Selected for Field Tests

Malverne School District Community Posted on April 23, 2014 by

The post has been updated on May 21st, 2014 Malverne Mule has been selected to administer three Regents Examination Field Tests. (They may have already started). The tests are Algebra 2/Trigonometry, Physics, and Geometry. The field test means that the test publisher is “fielding” how students answered the questions and, eventually, would adjust them for the real test. A field test has no other purpose. It goes directly to the company. It is not graded. … Continue reading →

High Stakes Testing — Field Tests

Malverne School District Community Posted on May 29, 2013 by

The Field Tests In April, high stakes testing took place and selected classrooms will undergo yet another round of testing— field tests —at the beginning of June. These experimental tests have no implications for the students and schools, but are designed to try out new test questions, Tom Dunn, communications director of the Education Department, told HuffPost. The resources at the end of this post list articles describing the nature of the field testing … Continue reading →