Test Retakes for Arkansas Schools

Sep 22, 2008

Again Education officials say first-grade students in Arkansas public schools are retaking standardized tests they took last spring because of a mistake by the test publisher. Arkansas Education Department spokeswoman Julie Thompson says the problem occurred when some students who were scheduled to take a practice version of the test were given the actual test by mistake.

Not all students took the practice test, only those at districts who purchased the practice exam from the test publisher, Pearson. Officials say the tests being redistributed are not the type that the state will use to determine accreditation, but the schools use the test results to help plan instruction.

Story: Searcy Radio Group