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County testing official says parents will see student GSA scores within 24 hours as testing begins May 5
Summary
Logan County testing coordinator Bob Berry told the board that state testing begins May 5 and that a new parent portal will allow families to view individual student GSA/benchmark scores about 24 hours after test completion, though aggregated school-level releases may remain embargoed until verification.
Bob Berry, the county coordinator of testing, told the Logan County Board of Education on April 21 that state GSA testing will begin Tuesday, May 5 (with the writing component May 7) and that a new parent portal will substantially shorten the time families wait for individual test results.
"Parents will be able to see their child's score within 24 hours after taking the test," Berry said, contrasting the new timeline with prior years when results could arrive in September or October. He said the portal requires only a student ID, date of birth and first name for access and that principals and the board office can help parents set up accounts.
Board members asked whether school- or county-level combined scores would be available through the portal and whether those aggregated data would be embargoed. Berry and other staff members said individual student-level access will be quick, while aggregated summaries for schools or the county may be subject to a verification embargo before public release.
Berry also reviewed a 10-year trend line showing steady gains in language arts and math since a 2019 testing pause, and he explained that middle-of-year benchmarks test full-year standards (which can make early-year proficiency levels appear low). He said benchmark and formative data will drive small-group interventions and classroom instruction adjustments heading into the end-of-year tests.
The presentation included a demonstration of the portal layout, and staff invited principals and families to contact the board office for help registering. Board members thanked Berry and the presenter Kimberly Blair for the update; Blair described a planned daily intervention block to use benchmark data for targeted instruction.
