It’s that dreaded time again for our annual standardized testing, but this year it’s not ITEDS we have to worry about, it’s the new Iowa Assessments. We have been taking these standardized tests since I believe the 2nd grade, where we began with ITBS testing. We eventually progressed to ITEDs once we made it to high school. Which were a little harder, but the same general idea. ITEDs are basically a test of what you have learned in school over your years, and to make sure you are within the vicinity of where you should be academically at any given year.
This year we were informed somewhat recently that we would be taking a new series of standardized tests, the Iowa Assessments. Our teachers warned us that these tests would be much more difficult than the previous ITEDs and a little different. They also told us that these new tests will be looked at much more by colleges.
We started our testing yesterday with reading comprehension and writing expression. Compared to the previous ITEDs, I found these tests much, MUCH easier. The stories were much easier to understand, and even shorter, and also the questions were a lot more straightforward. The writing expression test was a combination of the old spelling, grammar, etc. tests. This test, also, was much easier, and it was a big help to have two terms of AP Lang under my belt.
Today, we took a math and science test. The math test was close to equivalent to the old ITEDs, but I found the science much more difficult than usual with the new concepts. Overall in my opinion I would prefer the Iowa Assessments over the old ITEDs.
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