[elpadre]

I don’t know what too much testing is.

I taught school for eight years in 50’s,60’s - math and science. And, I loved everything about it except pay. As you may remember pay scales then were designed for married women whose pay supplemented their husband’s.

I would test each Friday on the material taught during the week, then a unit test, mid-term and final. Then, once a year had a standardized test from the state (no Fed Dept. of Educ. in those days.)

Did I test too much? How much more testing goes on now?

[Timber Rattler]

How much more testing goes on now?

I've got two kids in school now and it's ridiculous. It seems like there is some sort of test every other day, and that's all the teachers do anymore, teach the tests. No time in the day for anything else.

[NorthstarMom]

Standardized tests are given much more often than once a year. This year the days given for standardized testing added up to a month’s worth of instructional days given up for state testing. This doesn’t include the unit and chapter tests that are part of the curriculum.

[goodwithagun]

In addition to regular classroom tests, many Ohio students take state mandated tests online. Feb-March students took 3 ELA, 2 math, 1 social studies, and one science test. Each test was two hours. Apr-May the same students took 2 ELA, 1 math, 1 social studies, and 1 science test. Each test was also two hours. The classroom teacher is required to proctor the test; therefore, he or she is out of the classroom and there is sub for non-testing students.