News Brief

06/19/13

New Online Assessment for Students in State

Connecticut Post (CT) (06/19/13) Lambeck, Linda Conner

Connecticut Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor will take advantage of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's flexibility proposal, asking that 20 percent of state students field-testing a new online assessment in the 2013-14 academic year not be required to take traditional state tests in the same year. The online test, called "Smart Balance," is aligned to the Common Core Standards that Connecticut and most states have adopted. Thus far, the state does not know which districts, schools, or grade levels will get to pilot the new test or when it will be administered. Pryor said it is expected the test will be administered at around the same time as the Connecticut Mastery Test and Connecticut Academic Performance Test in March.
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