Math+continued

The goal for 5th grade has now changed to 25 wpm with 90% accuracy. This is a   recommendation from DPI (they suggest 5wpm x grade level to prepare   students for the Smarter Balanced Assessment). There are two spots on  the report card for the grade. It only needs to be reported once. For some teachers they might teach keyboarding first semester and put the grade in. For some they wait until second semester and put the grade in.  For some they teach all year and put the grade in second semester. It  all depends on access to students and computers. I would give them the test at school so that you can observe their posture and hand position while giving the test. That way you can also verify that the student was doing the actual typing. If a student types the minimum wpm and accuracy, but has poor hand position and posture they should not get a 3. More information will come about assessment as it is developed. At this point the district adopted the DPI guidelines for what a 3 will look like for grades 4-8.