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Alexandria school board debates Minnesota Student Survey, moves to explore district-specific alternative
Summary
Board members debated whether to administer the Minnesota Student Survey and a motion was made to decline the statewide survey this year and direct staff to develop a district-specific instrument; debate focused on grant data value, specific survey questions and local control, and no final vote on the testing amendment was recorded.
Board Member (speaker 5) moved that the Alexandria Public School District not administer the Minnesota Student Survey this year and direct district staff to develop a district-specific survey drawing on local partners such as Horizon Public Health.
"I'd like to move that we do not administer the Minnesota Student Survey for this school year and that we direct our administration to put together a survey that's specific for our school district," Board Member (speaker 5) said, citing a desire for local control over question wording and how student responses would be used.
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