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The student news site of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

tjTODAY
The student news site of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

tjTODAY
High-pressure testing tends to cause more stress in students rather than actually measure where they are in terms of knowledge on the subject.

High-pressure testing cultivates stress

Cera Kamdar, Staff Writer
June 27, 2024
Working together, Chloe Hong and Caroline Chu collaborate on math. By working together, they are able to find the solution to problems quickly, and they also like using this strategy on group tests. “I flip through until I come across a question I’m not confident on, and then I’ll consult the other group, since we don’t want to waste the time given to us,” Hong said.

Group test des-pair

Aliana Yee, Staff Writer
June 11, 2024
Juniors Taiki Yamauchi and Hari Harish assemble their Robotics 1 final project, a robot that can play a game of Rocket League in real life. With both projects and standardized exams available as options of testing student knowledge, it is vital for Jefferson to find the balance between the two.

It’s time for testing

Tori Isidro, Staff Writer
February 23, 2024
Standardized tests are intended to create a fair testing environment for all students, but when in-class instruction and test preparation resources differ from classroom to classroom, this fairness can be compromised. It’s worth considering where test standardization is to Jefferson’s benefit, and where an unstandardized framework might be beneficial.

Follies of standardization

Eli Tillemann, Staff Writer
February 11, 2023
Too much emphasis is placed on test grades in math classes at Jefferson. One 90 minute test has the impact to make or break a student’s math grade that semester, which is too much pressure to place on one exam.

Testing: the math isn’t mathing

Grace Sharma, Copy Editor
October 25, 2022
This year was the first year at Jefferson that participants in the PISA used a computer, instead of manually writing their answers.

PISA testing goes awry

Samantha Yap, Staff Writer
November 5, 2016
Students kick off SOL week

Students kick off SOL week

Lindsay Williams, Online editor
May 18, 2014
Juniors Gabe Haddad, Kali Liang and Sanjoli Agarwal spend time outside together to enjoy the end of their stressful AP weeks.

Students celebrate the end of AP testing

Stav Nachum, Features Editor
May 15, 2014
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