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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The same message has been sent at my school. Apparently central office has told teachers that students are now supposed to finish the test in one sitting with a recommended time of about an hour. However there is nothing in writing indicating what teachers should do when the students do take longer. Our SDT told us at the beginning of the year but isn’t really enforcing any time limits.[/quote]

This is the same as the middle school where i teach. In my experience, an hour is enough time for a typical student, but maybe 10% of students take more than an hour. I think what MCPS is trying to stop is these situations where kids are taking multiple class periods. I have several students each year who take more than two 90 minute blocks to take the test. That's 180 minutes of class time blown where typical students are bored out of their minds even if you give them engaging work because they aren't able to talk or have movement breaks. Then, the kids come in for lunch periods to finish which is fine with me, but contractually they can't ask teachers to proctor tests during their 25 minute lunch.

By the way, to the parent talking about extended time, there are no accommodations on the MAP-R. It's the only assessment we have where that is the case. So students who normally get read to, are provided notes/outlines, get extended time etc don't get those accommodations. [/quote]

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