Entering the World of Standardized Testing and a Sad Note
February 23rd, 2007
Yesterday Ani entered the wonderful world of standardized testing. I had ordered the first grade CAT-E Survey (we only need to prove progress in math and language arts in VA) from Seton a couple days ago. It arrived in yesterday’s mail. Ani decided to do it last night. An hour later she was done with all five parts of the test and got every answer right (so now I am curious what her percentiles will be). Very painless though she thought the whole bubbling in answers thing was strange. Now I get to send it back for scoring and send a copy of the scores to the county’s superintendent’s agent by August 1st. Of course I still wonder if they ever even got my notice of intent for the year since I never received an acknowledgement letter in return (not that they have to send one anyway). I wonder if they’ll be confused when I send in her test scores. Cameron will be added to our notice of intent for the 2007-08 school year, but he won’t need to be tested until 2008-09 due to his age/birthdate.
And now for the sad note. An on-line friend I met at JustMommies back when we were pregnant lost one of her twin ladybugs yesterday.
Aleah was born May 11, 2006 and lived 9 months 11 days. Isn’t she a beautiful little angel?
We live in Virginia, also. And my son took the CAT exam and got all the questions right, but it only put him in the 94th percentile. This is because 6% of the kids taking it also got all the answers right. Ani must be so proud of herself, and I know you are busting with pride. I loved the validation it gave me when speaking to friends and family about my reasons to homeschool.
[…] About two weeks ago Ani took the California Achievement Test. I knew she had gotten all the answers correct so I was curious to see what her results would be. The results arrived today. (Side Note: If you need to give your kid the CAT, I highly recommend Seton Testing Services in Front Royal VA.) […]