Exam Overload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

           This year for many tenth and eleventh grade students is a stressful year. We have to pass many different tests. We students have EOCs, TAKS, and finals for each subject. This totals to more than13 different tests to prepare for.The stress on the students and the devoted teachers who are trying to prepare the students for these tests is unforgiving.
           Some of the test students are forced to take are just unnecessary such as the NWEA test. The students nor the teachers ever know the scores for this test. Therefore, they did not know what subject areas to focus on. Students ,such as myself, have huge amounts of stress.We do not know which test count toward us passing to the next grade level. So we have to try to pass them all. Are all these tests necessary or are they a huge waste of valuable time for students as well as teachers?