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The Beachcomber

Beachwood showed improvement this year on its school report card. Now the state is changing the assessment criteria once again.

State Eases Graduation Requirements for Current Freshmen

Ruth Brown, Staff Writer September 23, 2019

The Ohio legislature voted this summer to change graduation requirements so that the class of 2023 and beyond will not have to pass as many AIR tests. According to Beachwood’s Director of  Curriculum...

There are a variety of resources available for students trying to improve their scores. Photo by Elizabeth Metz

A Student Guide to the SAT & ACT

Prerna Mukherjee, Managing Editor January 26, 2019

With second semester beginning, juniors are preparing to take the ACT and SAT exams. Here are some tips to help prepare. Format: Both exams test topics that students have learned through core classes...

Once Again, Students and Teachers Brace For New State Tests

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...

Administration Gets Right Message, But Wrong Tone

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...

Heres What Freshmen Thought of The New State Assessments

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

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

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

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...

Education is Not a Race

Education is Not a Race

Beachcomber Staff November 1, 2013

As the first quarter comes to a close, students are seeing the full effects of new educational policies. The new Common Core curriculum, already being implemented in math classes, is designed to make classes...

New State Tests Will Do More Harm Than Good

New State Tests Will Do More Harm Than Good

Beachcomber Staff April 25, 2013

By mandating new state tests that are projected to have lower passing rates than the current OGTs, Ohio politicians certainly make it seem as if they are cracking the whip on our education system....

Hey 8th Graders... Prepare for New State Tests in 2014-15

Hey 8th Graders… Prepare for New State Tests in 2014-15

John Li, Staff Writer April 16, 2013

The Ohio Dept. of Education will replace the OGTs with 10 new tests in the 2014-2015 school year. These tests will be designed to assess the new Common Core Curriculum and to more comprehensively measure...

Stop Whining, American Students

Stop Whining, American Students

Anthony Kwon, Staff Writer November 7, 2011

I hear BHS students complain a lot. They don’t like school for a lot of reasons: the tardy policy, the amount of homework assigned and the fairness of grading. Having attended school in Korea as well...

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