Admin pushes to boost CAASPP rate A

Math teacher Gabrielle Juan said that CAASPP testing is beneficial to teachers because it provides another method of measuring student progress and success.

“I think it’s important to have information about how much you know, and often times one single test doesn’t address that, so you need multiple tests,” Juan said.

Sophomore Chloe Amos said she has opted out of CAASPP testing in previous years. Amos said that she and other students would be more inclined to participate in CAASPP if the tests were more aligned with school curriculum.

“I would do it if it was actually part of school and it helped you learn the stuff that you’re learning right now,” Amos said. “It’s not even related to your current subject.”

by LIZZY WILLIAMS

Languages to remove level 4 pathway

IN AN EFFORT TO FURTHER align with curriculum across the district, Palo Alto High School’s World Language Department will remove levels 4 and 4 Honors from French, Japanese and Spanish, effective next school year.

Students who are currently enrolled in level 3 or 3H of those languages may take the Advanced Placement class for each language next year if they choose to continue learning a language at Paly.

“It gives an opportunity for students to actually reach the AP class if they start [a language] when at the high school,” Paly’s World Language Department leader Carla Guerard said. “[We’re] opening it up to more open access for students.”

According to Guerard, the department will continue to offer Chinese 4 at Paly, although that may change in the future.

Sophomore Isabelle Carlsen, a current French 3H student, said the change in pathways seems daunting.

“I feel like it’s hard and a bit demotivating,” Carlsen said. “If you love the lan-