Stanford 10 spread across O’Connor’s campus on Wednesday as the freshman and some sophomores took the test while the rest of the school enjoyed their late start.
The Stanford 10 is a biology test mostly for freshman that’s similar to AIMS. It’s a 75-question test that students took before school.
It’s used in the United States but has often been replaced by state-made tests as part of the “No Child Left Behind” program.
“It was mostly stuff I already learned in 8th grade,” said Chris Pruitt, freshman.
Pruitt said that it only took him about 30 minutes to finish the test while it took others the whole hour. However, he says that no one, at least in his classroom, had to go to the overflow room.
The Stanford 10 is used to measure the academic strength of students on what they have learned in biology according to the Issaquah Education school district website.
“There were a few questions here and there that were strange and didn’t make sense but overall it was pretty easy for me,” Pruitt said.
