(45 minutes needed for 90 minute test, which includes being slow at output and taking the time to recheck 4 times per teacher's 4 prompting, then teacher checking to make sure DD did everything correctly, which she did).
o.O I proctor for our state assessment, and that kind of teacher behavior would be considered inappropriate (cheating) here. DD loves the state assessments, because the teacher can't tell her how to mark up her test booklet or send her back to recheck, the way the teacher does on the school-level interim testing. Ours aren't timed, either.
From watching a bunch of 5th graders test, the fastest kids do get done in about half the time it takes the slowest kids. But that doesn't necessarily mean the fastest kids need acceleration or that the slowest kids don't. Our assessments are strictly grade-level, and don't discriminate well at all between the top kids in the class, some of whom may benefit from acceleration and some of whom may not.
