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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She came home from testing and said she was certain that when she began, the timer gave her only 6 minutes instead of the expected 10 for the first set of questions.  Did this happen to anyone else? I asked about it at the school and the proctor told me the test timer would start if a child tapped, even accidentally, on their Chromebook and that she might have tapped something to go forward and then immediately back and been unaware that her timer was going while he gave directions. He said he couldn’t control the timer and he could see that at least one other student looked like they did the same thing. Nothing to be done.

I can accept this, but wonder if this biases the test against fidgety kids.
Fwiw, [b]my daughter is attentive and quite certain that she did NOT tap while waiting through instructions... but she is 8. [/b]I didn’t want to quiz her about it too much and make her think it was a big deal, but I’m surprised to hear that kids have the possibility to sabotage a timed test this way.[/quote]

OP, apparently, your child did tap a wrong key before the test started, hence the entire snafu.. In any case, your child's chances of getting in are pretty slim even with 10 minutes of testing, so you could use this snag as a teaching moment for your daughter coming forward. Tell her to pay extra attention to what's happening during the test; that's the best all children could do.[/quote]

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