Testing One, Two

I'm glad my kids are good test takers. Testing does not have the freaking out effect that it does on some kids, and we have always made the "big" yearly testing seem like just another day. In the fall they both took the MEAP test (Michigan's standardized testing). Now that we have moved and are in a new school system, it is time here for the I-Step (Indiana's standardized testing). Pete was a little nervous about this one, apparently the teachers have been telling the students how hard it was last year. I told him again - no big deal, they just want to see what you know, it's just like the MEAP's he already took, only here it's 2 parts. The written test is this week and next month is the multiple choice section. Off they went to school feeling pretty good about the day.