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Yankton schools prepare juniors for state-mandated ACT as new statewide assessment
Summary
District staff described the Department of Education's decision to make the ACT the statewide assessment for 11th graders and outlined the district's implementation plan, tentative testing dates and concerns about cut scores and statewide comparisons.
The South Dakota Department of Education has designated the ACT as the statewide assessment for all 11th graders, and Yankton School District staff told the school board what that change will mean locally and how the district plans to implement it.
Todd Dvoracek, district staff member who oversees state testing coordination, said the change replaces the Smarter Balanced assessment for juniors and that the state will provide the test at no cost to students. Dvoracek told the board that the district tentatively scheduled an in-school testing…
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