The Beachcomber

Once Again, Students and Teachers Brace For New State Tests

Samantha Shaffer, Staff Writer • April 22, 2016

Next week all freshmen and sophomores as well as some juniors and seniors will take the Ohio's end-of-course exams produced by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). The tests will cover Language...

Here’s What Freshmen Thought of The New State Assessments

Phil Schnee, Staff Writer • April 21, 2015

This spring, the more rigorous PARCC and AIR tests have replaced the OGTs to measure student, teacher and district performance with new computer-based assessments. Some students are opposed to standardized...

Upperclassmen Say No to New Government Test

Alex Machtay, Opinion Editor • April 20, 2015

Conflicting messages from policy makers caused clashes in early March between students and administrators over new state social studies tests. Many upperclassmen in the US government class attempted...