Written by Valarie Honeycutt-Spears of the Herald-Leader
Kentucky plans to submit a waiver to the federal government to avoid annual statewide K-12 school testing this spring given that all public schools are in a coronavirus shut down.
Interim Education Commissioner Kevin Brown said Tuesday he hopes to have a waiver for the tests submitted within ten days.
Kentucky public schools closed this week at the recommendation of Gov. Andy Beshear and most don’t plan on reopening until at least April 6. School officials are bracing for the possibility that the shutdown could last longer in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Statewide testing is one component of Kentucky’s K-12 accountability system used to rate schools in a highly anticipated public release each fall.
(Cross-posted via the Kentucky Press News Service. Read the rest of the article at the Herald-Leader.)
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