Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) fifth and seventh graders are trading paper and pencil for keyboards in March when they take the reading portion of the Maryland School Assessment (MSA). Students in fifth and seventh grades will be taking the reading MSA online between March 4 and March 22 as CCPS moves toward computer-based testing instead of paper exams. The online testing helps implement the Common Core State Standards and nationwide Race to the Top requirements to use more technology that helps with monitoring and promoting student achievement. This year, students in grades 3, 4, 6 and 8 will continue to take the reading MSA on paper on March 12 and March 13. The school system will administer the math MSA on paper to all students in grades 3-8 on March 5 and March 6. Within the next several years, most testing – both state and local – will take place via computer, allowing teachers, students and parents to get results more quickly. Online testing is not new to CCPS. Already, students take the High School Assessments (HSA) online, and have done so for a number of years. Fifth and eighth-grade students have taken the science MSA online for the [...]
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