She works Saturday mornings to help students prepare for the state's standardized tests, and next month, one - third of the school's eighth graders will take the science Regents exam, a requirement only in the ninth grade.
I was preparingninth and tenth - graders for the state writing test — a timed expository essay that two contracted, independent readers scored for both content and conventions.
District officials have put forward a number of initiatives to address middle school performance, especially to prepare eighth - graders for ninth grade.