What is that? It stands for Longitudinal Evaluation of Academic Progress. Why do I care? Here is where Oregon Connections Academy (ORCA) saves me a huge headache. It's the annual progress testing built in to the whole program that tells me if my kid made his benchmark progress this year.
My printer is spewing out, count 'em, 44 pages of testing materials. Yes, it is a huge test, and I am feeling a bit nervous. Why? Not because I don't think he can't do it. As all of us people who school our kids at home know, our kids have their little rebellious moments where they decide to be a little passive/aggressive and not do something. Well, it can't be when we're taking this test, that is for sure. I am always afraid of that, because JM has a way of doing such things. I just told him if he doesn't try his best on this test (doesn't mean they all have to be right) he won't go on to third grade and will have to redo everything we are about to finish. His eyes bugged. Let's hope that will do the trick.
This is something ORCA is very proud of. ORCA's test scores for their students are unmatched in any Oregon public school. Traditional homeschool kids blow this test out of the water. We are proud of it, and have every right to be. Even on our worst days with our kids, watching them excel at these benchmarks makes our hearts swell with pride. Honestly, we wish the traditional public school world could get this excited about testing scores.
FYI--many of you know our home has caught some weird electronic bug. All things electronic have either broken down, or are on the fritz. No joke. BIG huge thanks to Tracy's husband, Brett, who spent his weekend uninstalling my whole hard drive, and reinstalling it all. As a result, my printer is actually printing--my laser printer. That printer hasn't communicated with my computer in about a month. Now, wish my fridge would stop making strange sounds and all the lightbulbs were working.
2 comments:
So are you allowed to give your son the test at home? If so, that's interesting.
As a "traditional" homeschooler, I am not allowed to give my kids their tests. We have to go to a certified testing agency or person.
Yes, we give them at home. We also have to sign a major contract about academic honesty and the ramifications if it is discovered there was cheating. There is a contract before we administer this test, and a big one when we enroll the kids. The consequences if teacher's discover dishonestly is not pretty.
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