When new standardized test formats are rolled out in the 2014-15 school year, there may be fewer of them.
State School Superintendent John Barge hinted at consolidation during a round-table discussion during a Friday visit to Gainesville’s Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy.
“We do hope to streamline our assessments with this process,” Barge said. “What we plan to do at the (grades) 3-8 level is merge our English/language arts and our reading tests into a single test. So that will get rid of one test.”
Georgia recently withdrew from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test development consortium in favor of creating tests in-state. This was a move to save money, Barge said.
He went on to add that with these exams expected to incorporate more writing and reading comprehension skills, the separate writing exams may be able to be eliminated in grades 3, 5 and 8.
“Hopefully (grade) 11, but 11 is a little different … because it’s built into the graduation rule, and it may take a little bit more work to be able to get that done,” he said.
The new assessments will replace the current format of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests and End of Course Tests.
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