WWII ends!
Ok, maybe the news is not that huge but it is still monumental.
It is great the TNReady was suspended for grades 3-8 (cancelled in reality) but there were casualties along the way, many lost hours of instruction, extra costs to school districts in preparing paper tests, and not least of all, unneeded stress to teachers and students. Fortunately it sounds like most of the $107 million dollars was not paid.
Let’s hope the process to generate a new test for 2016 goes well and that Commissioner McQueen takes time, listens to administrators and teachers, and considers all options. Do it right, not do it quick!
Thank you Commissioner McQueen and those involved in making today’s decision. We know it was not an easy one. With your leadership and Tennesseans working together we will open better doors to our children’s future.
Mike Mahathy for BOE 
Hopefully, this will cause them to consider the ACT suite of tests instead of re-inventing the wheel. We already use the ACT as our measure of success, so why not the tests that lead up to it?