COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio education officials say they are
considering giving schools more time to administer state achievement
tests this spring because students have missed so many days to bad
weather.
Ohio Department of Education spokesman John Charlton tells The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1fu5RUa ) that there have been some
"preliminary discussions" about giving
schools more time to prepare students for the critical tests.
State
officials are looking into adding another week to a three-week window
that schools have to administer the tests for students in third to
eighth grades. Schools currently can give the tests between April 21 and
May 9.
In some districts, students have missed 10 or more days
because of bad weather, including Wednesday amid the season’s biggest
storm.
Officials are also looking into adding calamity days this year.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio education officials say they are
considering giving schools more time to administer state achievement
tests this spring because students have missed so many days to bad
weather.
Ohio Department of Education spokesman John Charlton tells The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1fu5RUa ) that there have been some
"preliminary discussions" about giving
schools more time to prepare students for the critical tests.
State
officials are looking into adding another week to a three-week window
that schools have to administer the tests for students in third to
eighth grades. Schools currently can give the tests between April 21 and
May 9.
In some districts, students have missed 10 or more days
because of bad weather, including Wednesday amid the season’s biggest
storm.
Officials are also looking into adding calamity days this year.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.