Tick, Tock!

The following statement, reported here, was given by the Tennessee Department of Education last week.

“We will not ask districts to reschedule again beyond what has been communicated to date, and we will not extend the testing window beyond May 10,” department spokeswoman Ashley Ball said in the statement. “…Our priority is for students to end the school year on a strong note, and we do not want state testing to interfere with our students’ end-of-year experience.”

Based on the statement some believe that in order to prepare test packets of matching test questions with answer sheets, verify each is correct, perform and complete testing by May 10 that all testing materials must be received by a district by April 27th (today).  Assuming that is the case, and it may well be the case for some districts, time may be running out.

Tick, tock!