[CASL-L] RE: SBAC testing

[david bilmes]

I'm late to join this thread, but at my Grade 7-8 my school day feels like Groundhog Day, for those of you familiar with the Bill Murray film. We are giving 2 math and 2 ELA tests to all of our students. We have a 13-day testing schedule, during which my LMC is closed anytime there is testing taking place. We don't have testing in the LMC itself, but we have a self-enclosed computer lab in our LMC, and our principal doesn't want anyone out in the LMC while testing is taking place in there.
For my part, every day I go to a computer lab in a different part of our building, and help proctor the tests. I'm spending anywhere from 5-7 periods a day doing this. That's the part that feels like Groundhog Day!
My library clerk and I have put some books on a cart, and she travels around to study halls while the LMC is closed. I meet her in the study halls when I can sneak out of the testing room.
We are using three computer labs and two classrooms which have netbooks set up for the testing.





David Bilmes
Library Media Specialist
Schaghticoke Middle School
23 Hipp Road
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 354-2204, ext. 113 or 115
bilmesd at newmilfordps.org

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>>> Kristine Woods  03/27/14 6:16 PM >>>
I am at a 6-8 middle school.  We are testing all grade levels (~750 students), all 4 tests.  We have 8 teams and will use four weeks for testing using three labs and the library.

In order to keep circulation going (because the library is a testing site), I made a Google book request form and put the link on my Destiny homepage and created a bit.ly link.  Students enter books they want from their classrooms (ELA classrooms have a few computers) and we fill the requests with a team pick up at 12:20 and 2:00 daily.  I am keeping the requests on the form so I have data on the impact on circulation (and doing this instead of official "hold" requests in Destiny).  I am using this time to do a major weeding project as well as select and enter the iCONN audiobook and eBook MARC records into my catalog (see iCONN - For Librarians page for the MARC records).  I also plan to do some professional development through webinars.  Today I was able to participate in the School Leadership Summit at http://admin20.org/page/summit.


Kris Woods
Chippens Hill Middle School
http://bit.ly/chmslibrary







On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Emily Kelsey <elfkels at ymail.com> wrote:
I forgot to add that they got a sub for me and my classes are in the classrooms. Lucky me, I am the coordinator and TA for my school. Its a hassle but not any worse than CMTs

Emily Kelsey sent this from her iPhone...


On Mar 27, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Katie Finlan <kfinlan at yahoo.com> wrote:


In the same boat as Nancy, except I will be visiting my classes in their regular classrooms.  If I want to circulate books or use iPads (the only technology available during testing) I will be lugging those around with me!
 
 
     On Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:54 PM, Nancy Shwartz <mrs.shorts at gmail.com> wrote:
  
  Grades 3-5 field test, all sections, all tests, all parts, all a massive headache trying to schedule them all. Looks like my classes are cancelled for a month or more.

Yikes.


Nancy Shwartz
Library Media Specialist
Cos Cob School 
Greenwich, CT
nancy_shwartz at greenwich.k12.ct.us







On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Yulo-medeiros, Julie <jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us> wrote:
Just Grade 11- both ELA and Math at the high school.
Grades 3 -8 at the other schools.
Julie

Julie Yulo-Medeiros
School Librarian
Virtual High School Site Coordinator
Cromwell High School
34 Evergreen Road
Cromwell, CT 06416
860.632.4841 Ext: 14830
jyulo at cromwell.k12.ct.us

I am currently reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo and Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. What are you reading?




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From: casl-l-bounces+jyulo=cromwell.k12.ct.us at mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces+jyulo=cromwell.k12.ct.us at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Kristie McGarry
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We are testing all 9th 10th and 11th graders in ELA and Math over the next month.

what grades are your schools testing? Just curious.

Kristie McGarry
Library Media Specialist
Derby High School
8 Nutmeg Avenue
Derby, CT  06418
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