The test can be given between March 1 and the 28. The only one date that is required is the direct assessment of writing on March 7. Every student in Connecticut must have the direct...

We’ll be fine. I think it’s just going to be very cold.

We want to make children more comfortable with taking the test. We are focusing a lot more on the writing sample the third graders will have to do.

That is one strategy to help prepare the students. A teacher might also tackle a specific section of the narrative and teach that as a lesson, such as the who and what, or the when...

We’ve accelerated the time structure. The students are responding very well to the new system, and they like writing.