Testing, 1, 2
Apr 1st, 2008 by Alicia
Our CAT supplies came in yesterday and both girls were excited to start their tests. I am still rather sick so we weren’t sure if we’d get to it yesterday but they were so looking forward to it that I made time to squeeze in a section or two before bed last night. I know– wierd kids!
Our state requires yearly standardized tests for all homeschooled kids during the compulsory school years (7-16) and the CAT is the test we use. This is Victoria’s third year with it and Anna’s first time. Since they are not used to being tested and tend to do well on that sort of thing, they both enjoy more than the average kid. 
We have two weeks to administer it all and then mail it back for scoring. There are quite a lot of sections and some are rather long (especially for Victoria). If we don’t get sidetracked we should get it done and back in the mail in about a week by doing a section or two a day. Or perhaps we’ll get tons done and finish it tomorrow! The sections are timed but it’s pretty open about how much you do at a time.
We’re buried in snow and Jack threw up early this morning so I’m thinking we’ll have some time on our hands.
