Milestones testing
begins next week
Next week students at CJHS will begin two weeks of Milestones, the state standardized testing tool used to gauge student performance.
Testing is scheduled Tuesday through Thursday, April 19-21, and Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26-27. Tests will be held in the mornings beginning at 8:00 and completing at 11:35 for seventh graders and 12:10 for eighth graders.
Dr. Todd Simpson, principal, informed the CJHS School Governance Team this week that teachers and his administrative staff feel confident students will perform much better than the tests' first administration last spring.
"Students have performed better on the benchmark assessments this year as compared to last year," he said. "We anticipate this improvement to transfer to the actual test."
In order to help students and parents prepare for this important testing period, a bevy of online resources has been pulled together as a resource. This flyer provides direct links to practice tests and other useful information.
In addition to using these resources to build students' testing capacity, Dr. Todd Simpson urges parents to be sure their children are getting plenty of sleep each night during the testing window and that they eat a healthy breakfast each morning, noting that school breakfast is a convenient and highly affordable option for busy households.
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