The Charles County Board of Education (BOE) changed its testing policy Sept. 10, reducing the number of tests most students will take this year.
The board unanimously approved policy changes that eliminate the requirement for quarterly tests, most of which will be replaced with pretests and posttests that more closely align to the Common Core State Standards.
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) will still administer quarterly tests this year to students enrolled in High School Assessment (HSA) courses, which include English I and II, Biology, Algebra I, and Local State and National Government (LSN).
Pretests and posttests replace quarterly exams in a number of subjects, including: grades
1-8 reading; grades 1-8 math; second- and fifth-grade elementary science; middle school
science and social studies; chemistry, earth and space science; world history; United
States history; English III; and many elective courses.
Already this school year, teachers have administered more than 75,000 pretests,
and schools were expected to complete testing by Sept. 13, said Cliff Eichel, director of
research and assessment.
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