Eighth graders take NAEP test

NAEP stands for National Assessment Educational Progress. The NAEP test is taken to assess the nation’s educational progress. The test is a booklet like the end-of-year test, but much smaller.

The test takes about ninety minutes; some randomly selected eighth graders completed it on March ninth. There are four sections in the test. Three of the sections have to do with school subjects. The last section is about the student taking the test. Students were given about 25 minutes to complete each section.  The tests had different subjects. So if one person has a science test the person next to them may have a math or reading test.

The students who took the test were pulled out of class around the beginning of second period and out until around the end of third. Some of the teachers like Mrs. Carpenter, eighth grade science teacher, did an easy assignment that the kids could easily make up or an assignment that they didn’t have to do. SJHS takes the test almost every year, but only some of the students take it.