The U.S. Department of Education has informed the Wyoming Department of Education that it should continue administering the state Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students test for high school juniors next year. The Wyoming Legislature earlier this year directed the state Education Department to discontinue the PAWS test for high school juniors. Lawmakers instructed the department to use results from the standardized ACT test instead. A company called NCS Pearson Inc. has administered the PAWS test since 2007 under a 4-year, $40 million contract. The 2010 test was plagued with software problems. Lawmakers at Thursday's meeting of the Select Committee on Statewide Education Accountability in Torrington questioned what the federal government would do if the state refuses the test. They suggested the state may ask the federal government to reconsider.
No comments:
Post a Comment