Students in 2nd and 4th grade take the nationally-recognized ITBS/Logramos suite of standardized tests in early April, in both languages. These exams are accepted for application to magnet programs in DallasISD, as well as to other public-school districts and private schools throughout the country. In order to keep our instructional focus on projects and language immersion, we keep “test preparation” to a minimum in the second semester only, to include testing formatted homework, timed class assignments, and short strategy workshops in the two weeks leading to the testing period. We view standardized testing results as one small element of an evaluation portfolio. While they do help us measure each student’s progress in both languages, the true benefit of standardized testing lies in our school’s ability to use these results internally to assess and monitory our own learning program.