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District outlines new state test options for high school students; administrators cite missed fall windows
Summary
A district presenter summarized a new state requirement to offer career- and college-ready assessments to grades 9–12, reported 124 students registered for the ACT in February, and said the district only recently received training on the new testing rules and missed fall testing windows.
At the Dec. 15 board meeting, the district's academic lead (S4) briefed trustees on a new state requirement to offer career- and college-ready assessments to students in grades 9–12 and explained the district's near-term testing plans.
S4 said the law requires districts to offer various assessment options; under the program the state funds one free test in a student's ninth- or tenth-grade year, with additional choices later in high school. S4 said the district offered WorkKeys and the ASVAB in addition to college-prep options (ACT, SAT and the CLT, a classic learning test that disallows calculators for its math section). "The state is paying for a one free test for them to take either in their ninth grade year or tenth grade year," S4 said.
S4 reported testing numbers: 66 students were tested with WorkKeys in the fall, and 124 students are scheduled to take the ACT in February; 15 tenth graders signed up for the preACT. S4 also said district staff only received training on the new requirement a few weeks before the meeting and therefore missed fall testing windows for some free-test opportunities.
S3 added that the governor's intent was to give parents and students choice over which free test to take. The district will present specific dates for board approval in January or February as the administration schedules windows.
