More State Assessments

If a child is absent, they have until the Friday of testing week to take the test.  We tested Tuesday and Wednesday, so we spent yesterday and today catching any of those 7th & 8th graders who were absent.  So . . . who tests these students?  Teachers have their own classes.  Well, SpEd folks not in a classroom and Instructional Specialists are the ones who put their jobs and responsibilities on hold in order to test these students.  I have spent 4 days testing, so my work keeps piling up, and I am not in classrooms or supporting teachers.  State testing involves so much more than legislators imagine.