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Errors in testing data hold up results for districts, students

 
BY MEGAN ROLLAND | Published: August 24, 2011    Comment on this article Leave a comment

State schools Superintendent Janet Barresi is calling for a review of the multimillion dollar contract with a nationwide testing company after serious errors were found in final standardized test results sent to school districts across the state this month.

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The test results are used by the state, schools and parents to make a number of decisions regarding the course of a student’s education.

The most recent errors were discovered after many districts received the “final” data and took actions based on the results, Barresi said.

“Educators need to depend on this data because from the data they are making decisions about instruction within their classrooms. ... Parents are making decisions about the education of their children. They have to be able to depend on this data,” Barresi said.

Barresi said the state already has received $1.3 million in a settlement from Pearson Education Inc. because the company missed deadlines and made errors in testing results.

She is asking the Department of Central Services to review the state’s multimillion dollar contract with Pearson.

The head of communications with Pearson did not return phone calls or an email Tuesday seeking comment.

Standardized testing

Students in grades 3-8 and in high schools across Oklahoma are required to take standardized tests.

Those tests are administered in the spring and final results are released in August by Pearson.

Based on the data, schools can be placed on a list of poor-performers. Reading scores determine whether a student can get a driver’s license.

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