We're Back!

We've just finished the testing that we have been doing for the past six week. It has been interesting, glad we were able to do it, but glad it is over. NAEP, National Assessment of Educational Progress, is a nationwide test given every two years to 4th and 8th grades, occasionally 12th. We never had any 12th students for which we are very glad. They are not interested in taking another test.

Our work consisted of preparing the classrooms with the booklets for every student together with a pencil and some visual aids. We would give instructions and then time them as they worked in the first two sections, 25 minutes each. We would read the instructions and questions in section 3 for 4th graders and then they would work on their own again in section 4. The 8th grades would do the last two sections on their own. The tests would take 90 minutes. Leon would work with children that needed one-on-one, or needed to be read to, or the kids needed to work in small groups, about 3 or 4 kids.

We tested mostly at schools here in Sanpete Valley, in Nephi, Springville and Spanish Fork. We did go to Richfield, Beaver and Delta and spent the night for these. Nevada needed some AAs, (Administrative Assistants, that's our title) so one Monday we drove to Elko, NV, found the school in Spring Creek, about 12 miles outside of Elko, spent the night in a motel in Elko, then tested Tuesday and drove home arriving here at 9:00 p.m. What a long, boring drive to Elko!

It was nice to earn some extra money, especially as our hot water heater went out and we could easily pay to replace it.

Next week I'll try to get back to posting items from my history.

Thanks for being interested in our doings.

Barbara, Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma