Dive Brief:
- Kansas officials have extended the state’s testing period by two-weeks after persistent computer glitches impeded students' ability to complete the exams.
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The new assessment, which was revealed earlier this month, has been met with frustration; school districts reporting technical problems feared they would not complete the exams in time.
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The exam testing period had been shortened by two-weeks initially to give the developers more time to get the system ready.
Dive Insight:
Kansas’s computer issue is relevant across the nation as many other states begin to roll out their own new Common Core aligned assessments — many of which are computerized.
Even though the state pushed the testing period back by two-weeks, officials have already announced it is not a big deal if some schools or students do not complete the test; the State Board of Education already decided earlier this month that all schools will remain accredited for next year regardless of how they do on the test.