The test can be given between March 1 and the 28. The only one date that is required is the direct assessment of writing on March 7. Every student in Connecticut must have the direct assessment of writing within that window.
We want to make children more comfortable with taking the test. We are focusing a lot more on the writing sample the third graders will have to do.
That is one strategy to help prepare the students. A teacher might also tackle a specific section of the narrative and teach that as a lesson, such as the who and what, or the when and where.
We've accelerated the time structure. The students are responding very well to the new system, and they like writing.
We'll be fine. I think it's just going to be very cold.
