The Beachcomber

Administration Gets Right Message, But Wrong Tone

The Beachcomber Staff • April 30, 2015

On March 6, Superintendent Dr. Richard Markwardt wrote an open letter to the Beachwood community urging 10th-12th grade BHS students to take the new state-mandated American government exam not required...

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...

PARCC Exams Will Fail to Improve Our Educational System

The Beachcomber Staff • December 18, 2014

With the PARCC exams the students’ diplomas, their teachers’ salaries and their community’s property values are all on the line. This places unnecessary stress on already overburdened teens.

Bracing For More Rigorous Exams

Reid Gobieski, with additional reporting by the Beachcomber staff • December 18, 2014

The Ohio Department of Education will replace the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) with a series of new computerized exams that most BHS students will take by the end of the 2015-16 school year. These tests...