Barking Points: Spring State Testing

At the very beginning of the school year, teachers and students started an ascent towards a common goal for which they strived to reach each day: learn as much as possible and study until the information is retained.

With the arrival of the final two months of school, Lind-Ritzville Middle School’s goal has shifted onto the steepest mountain, the ridge that will prove their success: state testing. There have been many different variations of state testing used in the past, each with the same objective but slightly different means.

This year, students will strive to achieve their goal of passin...