Failure is impossible.

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Testing for Mere Mortals
Failure is impossible. - Susan B. Anthony
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The Terms
STAR Standardized Testing and Reporting CAT
California Achievement Test CST California
Standards Test
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Standards
"All states and schools will have challenging and
clear standards of achievement and accountability
for all children, and effective strategies for
reaching those standards." -- U.S. Dept. of
Education In response, national education
organizations and state departments of education
have begun implementing sets of standards or
guidelines.
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8th Standard Use word meanings within the
appropriate context and show ability to verify
those meanings by definition, restatement,
example, comparison, or contrast.
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• Piano
• by D. H. Lawrence
• 1 Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me
• 2 Taking me back down the vista of years, till I
  see
• 3 A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of
  the tingling strings
• 4 And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother
  who smiles as she sings.
• 5 In spite of myself, the insidious mastery of
  song
• 6 Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to
  belong
• 7 To the old Sunday evenings at home, winter
  outside
• 8 And hymns in the cozy parlor, the tinkling
  piano our guide.
• 9 So now it is vain for the singer to burst into
  clamor
• 10 With the great black piano appassionato. The
  glamour
• 11 Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is
  cast
• Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a
  child for the past
• The word appassionato in line 10 of Piano
• contains a Latin root that tells you that the
• music is played
• A softly and quietly.

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Reading Your Childs Scores
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The Scores--
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Where does my child stand?

• Students scoring at Proficient or Advanced
• Are scoring on or above grade level.
• This year they need to continue to work hard and
  read to maintain their scores.
• Students scoring at Basic
• Are right below where they need to score.
• Need to work harder and read more.
• Need assistance with homework.
• Students scoring at Below Basic and Far Below
  Basic
• Are scoring well below their grade level.
• Need to work extremely hard and read a lot more.
• Need assistance with homework AND tutoring to
  catch up.

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Score Interpretation

• Content standards
• Number of correctly answered questions
• Percent Correct.
• Perfect percent 100

• All students should score 70 or above
• in each
• Content Area

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California Reading List Number

• Students should score at a level that shows they
  read at Number 10 and above.
• If they do NOT they will need your help reading
  school materials.
• Books on tape are available at amazon.com for
  most of their English novels.
• California Reading List
• http//crl.startest.org/home.dojsessionidEKJRPVC
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Help at CCCS

• Saturday School 1000 a.m. - 100 p.m.
• Century/LIFT, Monday through Thursday, 330 p.m.
  - 600 p.m.
• Clubs and Enrichment Saturday Expose students.
  They create interest, open doors, develop
  vocabulary, build relationships, and show another
  way.
• Private Tutoring on Saturdays, 25.00 an hour.

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Simple yet Powerful things Families Can Do

• Let them talk to you.
• Help students arrive at school on time everyday.
• Keep absences to a minimum. Three (3) absences a
  semester is normal.
• Complete your parent hours.
• Limit phones, TV, and video games on school
  nights.
• Make them go to bed at a reasonable hour (900
  p.m).
• Give them breakfast.
• Send them to school with snacks and a lunch.
• Check PowerSchool regularly.
• Check to make sure homework is done. USE the
  Homework Agenda and schoolnotes.com.