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Olympian supports testing rollback

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 The Olympian 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.

Would you rather…take the SBAC or the STAR?

May 16, 2014 Kelly Chan 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

SBAC knocks the STAR out of space

May 12, 2014 Kelly Chan computerized tests, replacement, SBAC, sbac test, smarter balanced assessment consortium, star test, star test exam

At CVHS, a new test was distributed among the students. This test is called SBAC, or Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.