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Ossining schools complete ELA testing despite statewide Nextera outages; district to continue math and science CB tests

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Ossining Union Free School District officials said students completed English language arts testing this week after partial interruptions tied to the vendor Nextera. The district said limited disruptions were resolved locally and families were notified; statewide delays prompted the state to extend testing windows.

Superintendent Mary Fox Alder said the district completed English language arts (ELA) exams this week after a vendor platform used statewide experienced outages.

The district’s assistant superintendent for instruction, Maria Angelica Mayer, told the board that the Nextera testing platform had an initial “shortage” that affected other districts and caused interruptions in some sessions here. “Today we had Claremont day 2 and AMD’s day 1. We did, we were impacted by the shortage,” Mayer said, adding that with a short delay staff implemented the assessment and students completed it. She said makeups are available for…

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