aligned to our standards. For our accountability and evaluation system, we would need comparability across the state and the only way to do that is have students taking the same assessment." This spring, Commissioner McQueen terminated the state’s assessment contract with Measurement Incorporated. High school assessments were unaffected, but TNReady Part II TCAP in grades 3-8 was suspended. TDOE will be seeking a new vendor this summer. Tennessee’s Assessment Task Force called on LEAs to reduce the amount of time spent locally on assessment. However, it did not specify a method, such as the assessment audits authorized in ESSA.
aligned to our standards. For our accountability and evaluation system, we would need comparability across the state and the only way to do that is have students taking the same assessment." This spring, Commissioner McQueen terminated the state’s assessment contract with Measurement Incorporated. High school assessments were unaffected, but TNReady Part II TCAP in grades 3-8 was suspended. TDOE will be seeking a new vendor this summer. Tennessee’s Assessment Task Force called on LEAs to reduce the amount of time spent locally on assessment. However, it did not specify a method, such as the assessment audits authorized in ESSA.
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