MAY+TESTS

KC Hlordsz May 26, 2016

TESTS

Since we are all finished our test (hopefully most students by now) I have asked students what they thought of the tests we had to take during May. I have asked students anonymously and they have told me that they did not enjoy taking the test, “It was too much work” a student said. Another student said, “The test made me tired”, I had to agree with this myself. All the students that were asked these questions too had negatives responses. It was probably because the test that they were taking wasn’t easy and most of it was complicated and hard. I believe it was 2 weeks to finish all the test assigned to the students. 7th graders did not have the 8th grade science NECAP. The NECAP was another test aside from the other test both 6 through 8th grader needed to take (NECAP was a written test).

The test was hard because it was much different than I had thought it would be. It was a good test, but it was just not easy and I really didn’t like the wording. There was a lot of writing and the how the teachers explained how you will need to write many paragraphs and make it detailed. I pretty much made all the reponses 16 sentences or more. I wasn't so clear on which question needed a GOOD response because when it actually came time to write a lot I didn’t know what to do because I already wrote a lot and I didn’t understand exactly what it meant since I didn’t want to keep repeating my sentences for other responses. The test made me make multiple guesses on what the answer was. A difficult test, but I think it was a good test to try and see what I can do.The test is just to see what you know and it’s not graded, so no worries!

The only tests I remember taking were never on the computer. The tests would be on paper and you would fill in circles and write your responses/drawings in the boxes provided. I thought it would be much easier to do that instead of writing tons and tons of paragraphs on a computer especially since it hurts your eyes and it’s too much. I don’t prefer either type of test. I don’t like tests in general, but after being so used to one test (NECAP on paper) it’s slightly weird to use a computer to do all your work. I also hate the controls to write and how to change your font and make the screen bigger. There is a lot of different tests people have in each class, but this test is different. It’s a connection to all tests because it has a little bit of everything on the test whether it’s writing, math, science, and many more subjects.