STATE TESTING GOES ON-LINE Chelan Middle School is excited about participating in the MSP (WASL) testing online this year. Starting May 3rd, we will begin testing our entire middle school (roughly 300+ students) in both math and reading. We will be using 2 computer labs to facilitate 25 sessions of testing, not including make-ups. Each lab will provide a morning session (8:30-11:15) and an afternoon session (12:00-3:00) of testing. Given the capacity of our labs, we will be able to test roughly 25 students per session. We plan on taking roughly seven school days to rotate all of our students through both the math and reading MSP tests. Click here to see the CMS MSP testing schedule. Please look it over with your child to identify those days that he/she will be testing. Session groups are based on your child’s English/Core and math classes. Everyday classes meeting before lunch will test during the morning session and classes meeting after lunch will test in the afternoon session. For example, if you are in Mrs. Bankson’s morning Core class, you would take the MSP reading test on Thursday, May 6th in the morning session. The State anticipates that each testing session should take from 130-155 minutes. However, this is not a timed test, meaning that students will have as long as they need to complete it. If your child is testing in an afternoon session, and does not finish before the end of the normal school day, it is strongly recommended that they complete the test on that day. If a student needs to continue testing beyond the normal school day, CMS will make every effort to communicate with parents and provide transportation if necessary. You can take a tutorial of the online MSP test by clicking on "Download Testing Software" above, and following the instructions to install the program on your computer. Thank you for working with us in helping our students to be as successful as possible. If you have any questions or concerns regarding MSP testing this spring, please do not hesitate to contact me at 682-4061. Frank Phelps |
