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Vermillion schools to administer ACT during school day; district schedules remote learning and remedial tutoring
Summary
Administrators told the board the district will administer the ACT to juniors March 17 as South Dakota’s required high‑school assessment, will ask freshmen, sophomores and seniors to take a remote learning day, and will offer a 2.5‑hour remedial tutoring window for students with D or F grades.
District administrators briefed the board March 9 on preparations for statewide assessments and related student supports, including the ACT administration for juniors on March 17 and plans for school‑day logistics.
Mr. Elvey summarized the testing timeline: Smarter Balanced assessments for grades 3–8 will be administered in April and the ACT — South Dakota’s first year using that exam as a statewide high‑school assessment — will be given to juniors on March 17. "State assessment will be the ACT, the…
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