Sunday, April 18, 2010
Statewide Testing Begins For Students
KENTUCKY....
For approximately 500,000 public school students, state-wide testing begins Monday and lasts through May 21st, with students taking the Kentucky Core Content Test in reading, math, science, social studies and on-demand writing. The results will be used to determine whether students are meeting federal math and reading standards under the No Child Left Behind Act in which schools are required to have specific percentages of students reach proficiency in reading and mathematics and meet other criteria, including participation and attendance goals. Although some major changes of testing have been made over the past two years, even more is riding on this spring's tests. If a school meets all academic goals for a second straight year, they will no longer be labeled as failing.
For approximately 500,000 public school students, state-wide testing begins Monday and lasts through May 21st, with students taking the Kentucky Core Content Test in reading, math, science, social studies and on-demand writing. The results will be used to determine whether students are meeting federal math and reading standards under the No Child Left Behind Act in which schools are required to have specific percentages of students reach proficiency in reading and mathematics and meet other criteria, including participation and attendance goals. Although some major changes of testing have been made over the past two years, even more is riding on this spring's tests. If a school meets all academic goals for a second straight year, they will no longer be labeled as failing.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 1:41 PM 
