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Board approves 2026–27 testing calendar with reduced BAS testing and extended windows for middle school assessments
Summary
The board approved a balanced assessment plan and testing calendar for 2026–27 that trims some individual BAS (Benchmark Assessment System) administrations to reduce testing burden (about 1,500 fewer BAS tests), extends middle-school testing windows, and keeps the junior ACT as a paper-and-pencil district test.
The Rockwood Board of Education approved the 2026'1027 testing calendar and a district balanced assessment plan intended to preserve classroom instruction while keeping diagnostic and progress-monitoring systems.
Presenter (identified in the transcript as "Mr. Settlement.") described a framework that centers classroom formative assessment and then layers common district assessments, universal screeners and summative state testing. A key operational change is a proposal to limit spring BAS (Benchmark Assessment…
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