Network Testing

Stumbled upon this article in the recent ASCD SmartBrief.  Districts are deliberately overloading their networks to see if they are truly prepared to implement online testing for all students.  I learned that Burlington, MA used a similar approach when they did sample PARCC testing last spring.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2015/01/29/to-prepare-for-online-assesments-some-schools-try-to-break-their-own-networks.aspx