Superintendent's Desk for the week of April 17, 2017

The months of March and April signal SBAC (Smarter Balanced) time! Time for state testing for students throughout the state of Montana. In Dodson, we’ll try to keep in perspective that SBAC results are one of many ways to accurately assess student competency and skill levels in science, math, reading/writing, etc. Although…..those of us in education understand that the results of this particular assessment does have a more diverse widespread influence on schools at the “end of the day.”

In Dodson we have prepared aggressively for SBAC since September. First, our staff utilized previ...