TESTING CENTER

The Testing center administers all standardized tests required by the state and assists with Advanced Placement and school exams. As test dates become available they will be posted here and on our website calendar. When the majority of the school is testing, we run an adjusted bell schedule and seniors who do not need to test may have different arrival times. Please check the weekly news and calendar for information and updates.

TESTS ADMINSTERED

TAKS: Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills; required by the State of Texas for 9th, 10th and 11th (Exit Level).  The Exit Level is required for graduation from high school.

Stanford 10: Norm-referenced tests which measure student achievement by comparing a student’s performance with a “norming group” of similar students; required by HISD for 9th, 10 & 11th grades

PSAT/NMSQT: The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude/National Merit Qualifying test is a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test™. It also gives students a chance to enter National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship programs. We administer the exam to juniors (fee applies) and sophomores take a practice PSAT (paid for by a grant).

TELPAS: Under the NCLB, TEA has developed as assessment designed to assess the progress that limited English proficient (LEP) students make in learning the English language.

Laying the Foundation End of Course (EOC) Exams: Exams provide a resource for professional educators so that they may evaluate their students and their Pre-AP program

Advanced Placement Exams: refer to AP page link

Semester Final Exams: Exams at the end of the semester over the entire curriculum.  The exams are 25% of the semester average.

PREPARING FOR TEST DAYS

To do your best on test days, you should always get a good night sleep and eat a good breakfast.  The cell phone policy is strictly enforced during all types of tests and students are required to turn in their cell phones to the test administrator before testing begins.  The phones are returned before the students are dismissed from their testing locations.

TESTING DATES

 

 

Stanford and Laying the Foundation exam dates will be posted when available.

SAT AND ACT

Westside does not administer these college entrance exams, though we are a testing site for some (but not all). Students must register for these exams themselves at www.collegeboard.com for the SAT or at www.actstudent.org for the ACT. Please visit these websites for more information or check our College Center webpage.

For your convenience, we have listed the 2009-2010 test dates below but please refer to the applicable website for registration deadlines, fees, testing centers, etc.

* denotes WHS as an available test center

For more information or to ask any questions, please contact
Beth Bogan
ebogan@houstonisd.org
281-920-8011

 

* denotes WHS as an available test center

For more information or to ask any questions, please contact
Beth Bogan
ebogan@houstonisd.org
281-920-8011

 

 

 

 

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