I hate CATs

Well, I don't like cats, but I guess I hate CATs more. Spent the last two days administering the California Achievement Test. It's pretty boring to sit and watch a room full of kids take a test all day long. At least they were well behaved. I hope they did well. Some finished so fast, it worries me they aren't trying their best. Guess we'll know soon.

This is the last year of this test. It has been upgraded to the Terra Nova Test. The great feature of the new test is it is MUCH more expensive. With the CAT test we are able to grade the tests ourselves. The Terra Nova test charges over $16.00 per student to grade. Now, that wouldn't be so bad except that they are just those bubble cards read by a machine. I've done those myself and it just takes seconds to do a class of students. That really bothers me.