Spring State Testing

LRHS Student Correspondent

School teaches students a variety of life skills, like discipline, respect and perseverance. While not a direct measure of students’ personal growth, standardized testing is an effective method of measuring students’ academic progress.

This spring is the first year that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) will be fully implementing its new assessment.

SBAC has its advantages and disadvantages in measuring student progress. Coupled with Advanced Placement testing and End of Course (EOC) assessments, students will employ the life skills they have develope...