![When the teacher shares the class average it makes students feel bad about themselves wishing that they could have done better even though they got a grade. Sharing the average just makes kids feel bad about themselves and doesn’t actually have any positive effects.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-22-at-9.11.41 AM.png)
Don’t tell us! Why teachers shouldn’t share class averages
Catie Campagnino ’26, Staff Writer
• April 22, 2024
![Some students choose to take the ACT on top of the required SAT, as it is a differently structured test and can play to certain strengths the SAT does not.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-20-at-2.35.45-PM.png)
Standardized testing culture jumpstarts an early start in preparations
Mia Kirkorsky ’24, Business Manager
• March 20, 2023
![In 2022, 183 seniors received the Seal of Biliteracy. An additional 117 juniors were also qualified to earn the Seal. The Class of 2018 were the first Staples students to obtain the Seal of Biliteracy after Governor Dannel Malloy signed Public Act 17-29 on June 6, 2017, which established the Connecticut Seal of Biliteracy. Graphic by Lily Hultgren 25.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-16-at-1.46.19-PM.png)
Seal of Biliteracy assessment approaches, teachers, students reflect
Lily Hultgren ’25, Paper Features Editor
• February 16, 2023
AP exams persist through pandemic, not in students’ best interest
Marina Engler '21, Staff writer
• May 15, 2020
![Stop shoving tests down our throats](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/TzIxx7cXKI0S4HpXHlRcgUKOugJx7D5WSsR2me7Ov7uPhK9z-2qqv_oj6sW4TcNUQx0Ix7jNxzyribX9zABMSUh3lk9-3GAvTYAJZFNfcjJBRGT4GokrungYGjijdXB4q-900x314.png)
Stop shoving tests down our throats
September 18, 2018
![Sophomores prepare for CAPT](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Sophomores-prepare-for-CAPT.jpg)
Sophomores prepare for CAPT
Grace McCarthy, Staff Writer
• March 3, 2014
New test sparks mixed reactions
Ben Goldschlager, Web News Editor
• February 28, 2014
![Juniors Pilot New Test](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Juniors-Practice-test.jpg)
Juniors Pilot New Test
Andrea Frost, Breaking News Managing Editor
• May 7, 2013
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