Greece Christian School maintains a balanced approach to testing and assessment. While student progress needs to be evaluated in order to understand if a student has mastered the material presented, we do not sacrifice valuable teaching time for standardized test preparation. When a student applies for admission to our school, a placement test may be administered if there is a question of grade placement.
Classroom testing and assessment, to gauge mastery, is done in grades K-8 using different approaches. Assessment can be done through observation, evaluation software, as well as projects or other activities. More formal tests used may be teacher-created or part of textbook resources. Students in grades K - 8 are given the Iowa Achievement standardized tests each spring. This allows us to follow a student’s progress using a national assessment.