Showers temperatures are going to go up as the system approaches. But when that cold front comes through sundays can bring with the chances for rain and most likely will see the showers developing out ahead of it saturday night. One talked about whats happening right now across Hampton Roads skies are cloudy and we do have a clear radar sweep over most of the area down to the south though close the outer banks we have a few sprinkles showing up maybe a couple passing sprinkles down run to overcome all this been drifting back towards the southern part of the outer banks but nothing significant there and again most of the area is dry so lets pick up the temperatures right now we have low to mid fifties near the coast temperature still mid to upper forties in once a little cooler out to the last of these temperatures are warmer than yesterday in fact we take with a twenty four hour temperature change and a cmos here is five to ten degrees warmer than yesterday so it is a bit milder. As yo
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Points home is the practice test. We actually recommend the members of the board try out this practice test themselves and anyone who is listening tonight, its very worthwhile. We saw the comments from the teachers and students and administrators. Certainly we have some practice test dos and donts. Its not a score, its not a curriculum, but it helps you look at the content and look at the accessibility tools and just the environment as well. It really accomplishes those thing very well. I wanted to especially appraise the middle school jeanie and they had them all log onto the practice test. Note the intensity which they are staring at the screens there. But also if you note, they all have paper and pencils in front of them. Scratch paper is allowed and we want to make sure we account for it in terms of the space when we are presenting our testing schedules. They also gave them some reflection questions to work on. We were doing a variety of training sessions. We have our test score me
Intelligence but always against real people as well. So depending on the type of items but also anyone thats created by the computer by Artificial Intelligence will also be graded by people as well. So, 2 years from now when its the real test, it will be all electronic, all on computers, is that correct . My question is will we have the capacity to do that, to have every student on a computer at the same time . So, yes, all the test will be on Computers Starting next school year. And we should have the capacity. It shouldnt be an issue. If i may just a clarifying question. Commissioner wynns . Its not a capacity where every student will be taking it at the same time . That is correct. We do not have sufficient devices for students to take it at the same time. The assessment is not designed for every student to take it at the same time. Well of course be interested and want to know how well we are doing, but there are many other School Districts that think they are going to be way behin
Good evening everyone. This is to present to you about the new state test that is coming out this year. This is the new test in the state assess many system. Its called the smart balance assessment consortium. Usually called the s back. This is the field test for this assessment. So the field test is really a test of the test where the publisher is testing the items to finalize the test. The advantages are that well have the experience and the schools will have the experience of the test and will get practice. Disadvantages, there will be no results that will be in occurred from this test incurred from this test. Our presentation tonight is around five areas. One is the smart balance assessment, who, what and when well take this field test. The content and format of the test and how is it aligned to an informative assessment and the plan for the implementation and lastly communication and feedback. In the smarter balance field test at 12 state selected high schools within our district.