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Parent asks District 28 to allow paper testing option for third-graders; superintendent will follow up
Summary
A parent of a third-grade student at Jamaica Children's Magnet School asked whether students who struggle with computer-based tests could be offered a paper-and-pencil option; District 28 Superintendent's office said testing modality decisions are made at the school level and agreed to follow up with the principal.
A Jamaica Children's Magnet School grandparent, Triceline LaRose, raised a testing-accommodation question during public comment, asking whether some third-graders could be given the choice between computer-based tests and a paper-and-pencil option.
"I was asking if there's any way in which some children…
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