Hi! We are students at Fair View Elementary School in Fair View. Last week we finished taking the Fourth Grade Connecticut State Mastery Test. When we spend a lot of time on something in class we always write down our thoughts. We would like to share our thoughts about the test with you. We classified what we had to say in 3 sections: general thoughts, thoughts on directions, and suggestions.

General thoughts

The writing I had to rush a little because it was 45 minutes, not a long time.

Confusing to have two answer sheets on the same page.

The anser [answer] boklet [booklet] was difakot [difficult] to read.

I don't know why they did math twice instead of combinding [combining] it.

When the writing part came up and only 45 minutes it kind of got on my nerves and then I wrote fast enough to finish in twenty minutes.

I think that the listening comprehension is very annoying when the man says one minute left. I think it is distracting and if your [you're] trying to think it takes up your time and gets you off the topic.

First you have abcd and then abcde it was confusing because when I wanted d I would accidently [accidentally] fill in e.

Thoughts on directions

Make the directions clearer.

The directions were very confusing. For example: Questions 10, 11 in box 10 on page 14. And then there would be boxes 10 and 11 on page 12.

I thought the directions on written communication were confusing becaus [because] the question was on one page and the passage was on another.

Confusing directions.

Suggestions

Each test should start on a different page.

The 45 minute test for writing should be longer because we write so fast, sometimes we don't even know what we're writing about.

Is there any way to fix the Connecticut State Mastery Test so it makes more sense? We would like to know what you think. Thank you. Sincerely,