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Tests . They were a part of life . It gave teachers and counse lors a
chance to eva luate wha t stud ents had learned, and what they needed
JtJnior Matt Mitchel l and senior Jessica to work on .
Schroeder take a test during fourth hour AP
calculus. Some cons ider AP ca luclus the "I like to give pop quizzes to my math students . Although the
hardest class in school beca use of the kids hate them, it allows me to see who knows the material and who
constant hom ework and difficult tests. '"oroav needs help," math teac her Donn Kasner said.
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For most students, tests were stressful when they didn 't under-
stand what they were doing , and if th ey had a lot of tests on the same
day .
"I hate to take tests, especia lly essay question s. If you forget to
study , and you don't know what you are doing, it makes it worse," sopho-
more Kyle Linbo said .
Not only were teenage rs tested in school, but some students
took driving tests and college entrance exams.
"For me to get my permit I had to take a driving test. Before I
wen t to the Departme nt of Motor Vehicle s, I had my fri ends tell me what
to study, and I looked at my driver's manual," sophomore Allie Willensky
said .
Although tests were dreaded , MN students usually were high
achieve rs . The school district was ranked number one out of th e 1 0
largest schools in academ ics, in three out of six categor ies: reading, el-
ementary math , and middle school math by the Omaha World Herald.
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CotJr1.5elor Bev Johnson and sop ho-
mores Cody Butt. and MaKyle Cole
analyze their ACT tests scores in the
band room . Sophomores were given
the opport unity to take achievement
tests a year early if they had a high
grade point average. PHOTO BY MICHAEL H EUMAN
