By this time, our tenth graders have taken a lot of tests, says Shafran. They are more worried about what the test is going to miss. Lino Gonzalez is the academic counselor at Boulder High and the school CSAP coordinator. He says the test, doesn t give an overall picture of all our teachers are able to do. Sanford agrees saying, the results aren t going to reflect anything but what they reflect.
Teachers report a group of students who are organizing against the test.
Other students are worried about the fairness of the test. Junior Charles Bond says the CSAP, is not very accurate because multiple choice tests can t test certain skills like writing. However, for the most part students are nonchalant. Sharon Rosetski a tenth grader says that even though she would like think that her school is a good school, if it wasn t on my permanent record, I wouldn t care at all. Sanford, whose kids attend school in the St. Vrain school district, said that her kids, thought it was funny that the teachers were taking it so seriously.