To prevent copying

When I observed at Ed Smith yesterday for a sample test I saw that students were comparing answers on the final page. Obviously this would not blatently happen when the actual test was occuring - but Levy is doing a great idea to avoid copying. If students 1,2 and 3 are lined up next to each other in a lab, then student 1 takes the ELA test, student 2 takes the math test and student 3 takes the ELA, etc. This way a student is not taking the same test as the student next to him/her. Also, they are both about the same amount of time. Just an idea. Laurie Holtsbery IST for Technology in ELA I'd like to clarify Laurie's comments about kids taking the Acuity test at Ed Smith. What she observed were students taking the practice tests. Most of the students taking the test had never used laptop computers before. Our computer lab doesn't have enough computers to accomodate a class in grades 4, 5, or 6, so all those classes will need to learn how to use a laptop and will take their Acuity tests using the laptops. We used the practice tests to help get student used to the laptops and encouraged students to support each other as they learned how the laptops worked and how Acuity was set up. Don't worry: during the actual Acuity tests, we will observe strict test taking procedures, as we always do. Lois Eddy Ed Smith School 4/4/07 I am sorry, I should have mentioned that it was a practice test, it was not the actual test and was not an actual testing situation- my point was just that it could happen anywhere and it was a concern that came up at a couple trainings. I knew that this would never happen during the actual test. Good luck everyone and have a nice break. Laurie Holtsbery IST for Technology in ELA