On Monday, March 19, 2007, every student at Calvary Academy will be engrossed from 3-4 days in pencil and pen and oral testing. This happens every year. When it does, a hush falls over the school as the students are busily but quietly working to show what they know about math, social studies, reading, science and more in a test form.

At our school, we don’t put pressure on kids or parents when it comes to the annual test event. We believe that if we use the right curriculum, teaching methods, produce a good learning environment, regularly test students throughout the year, and practice thinking skills, students will be ready for these days of testing.

Testing doesn’t tell you everything about a student, but it does tell you how a student performs on tools that are used to open up or close doors to “honors” or “ap” courses in high school, and scholarships and grants in college.

So as you think about your son or daughter testing, remember that they have been preparing all year, and that the test too is a preparation for all the tests that they will face in the future.