What's Happening:

Standardized Testing at St. Andrew's

Congratulations SAES students!! You worked hard to do your best, and your teachers are quite proud you!

The CTP4 test format was new to our students. A new format can be challenging to some students and a little disconcerting to others. Taking the achievement tests provides important practice with standardized testing; testing that most SAES students will be taking throughout their educational experience.

Test documents have been mailed to ERB for scoring, and we expect results in approximately three weeks. Ann Harris, Member Services Consultant for ERB, will be conducting a workshop for teachers in May. In addition, on May 19, 2016, she will be presenting information to St. Andrew’s parents that will help parents understand their child’s test results. She will explain what parents should keep in mind as they review their child’s scores.

Important to remember is that standardized tests do not measure a student’s initiative, motivation, or ability to persevere. They do not measure study skills, collaborative and cooperative skills, communication skills or creativity. All those skills are important for long-term success in education and life. Thus when interpreting a child’s standardized test results, it is important to keep in mind that the scores are not a summary of qualities that are needed to be a successful student, nor are they a comprehensive account of what a student knows or has learned. 

Standardized tests are tools that measure how a child performed on a given day and on a given set of questions, and they are only one of the tools in the educational assessment tool kit. Used in conjunction with daily teacher observation and informal assessment, standardized tests contribute to the overall portrait of the student’s learning.

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend Ms. Harris’ parent workshop on the CTP4 standardized tests on May 19 right after Morning Exercises at 8:15 in Grace Hall, Multipurpose Room. The event is on the SAES calendar.

Lynda Callaway

Director of Studies and Technology
 

         

 

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If you're not too tired from Jazz Festing it all weekend, please join us in the Rosenberg Library on Monday morning to set up our Summer Reading Book Fair.  We will have refreshments!  It's more fun than work!!
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Our campus continues to be filled with prospective students visiting in Pre-Kindergarten to 8^th grade and individual tours on a daily basis.  Please help us to welcome our visitors and make them feel at home and continue to help us to spread the word to parents looking for a school for their children by telling them about St. Andrew’s and encourage them to call for a tour.

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From the Financial Aid Office:

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The final deadline for applying for financial aid was Friday, April 15, 2016.  We will still accept applications and required documents. If the application or required documents are submitted past the deadline we might not be able to offer Financial Aid or the award may be reduced.  We only have a certain amount of Financial Aid to offer and meeting the deadline is vital to securing assistance.

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