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Olympian supports testing rollback

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 The Olympian 0 Comments Castro Valley, common core standards, CVHS, cvhs olympian, CVUSD, Obama, Olympian, SBAC, school, standardized testing, star test, Trojans

President Barack Obama has announced that in-school preparation for standardized testing would be reduced to two percent of classroom activity.

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CVUSD receives a new superintendent

October 5, 2015October 7, 2015 Jessica Mi 0 Comments administration, changes, common core standards, CVUSD, ideas, Jessica Mi, Parvin Ahmadi, renovations, students, superintendent, support

Following the retirement of Jim Negri, Castro Valley Unified School District has hired Parvin Ahmadi as the new superintendent for

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Would you rather…take the SBAC or the STAR?

May 16, 2014 Kelly Chan 0 Comments chromebook, common core standards, google chromebook, SBAC, SBAC exam, standardized tests, star, star test

This year, with the new Common Core Standards, juniors took the SBAC to test it out. Unlike the STAR test

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