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Board of Ed Supports Districts Seeking to Use Alternate Student Tests


Photo from sxc.huThe Kansas State Board of Education is supporting three school districts that want to use an alternative to state approved tests. The schools want to use tests from the group ACT (say A-C-T, not “act”) to measure student performance instead of state assessments. The districts are Clifton - Clyde, McPherson and Kansas City, Kansas. The districts will have to apply to the federal government for a waiver to use the alternative tests. The board voted unanimously today (WED) to support the request. David Dennis is the Board of Education chair.


The districts are making the request for the 2012-2013 school year. The districts have received some waivers to use alternative tests in recent years.

Stephen Koranda is KPR's Statehouse reporter.