What is the purpose of the OAS?
Ø The OAS can be used for a variety of purposes. Students can gain valuable experience in becoming self-assessors, learning to evaluate their own work and educational progress. Parents can see the kinds of questions their children will be asked to answer on the end-of-year CRCT or GHSGT assessments and monitor their children’s progress. Teachers can create customized tests as they complete units of instruction. The OAS contains a large number of test items in reading for students in grades one through eight; in English/language arts and mathematics for students in grades one through eight and high school; and, in science and social studies for students in grades three through eight and high school. How does the OAS work? Ø The OAS provides immediate feedback regarding individual student and group performance on two types of tests, Student Tests (which are created by the OAS) and Teacher-Created Tests. Students and parents have complete access to Student Tests. Teachers are able to use
