Alabama board votes to end contract with ACT Aspire

(AL.com)   Teachers in Alabama’s schools will implement new testing next year for students in public schools.

After only four years of testing students, but following months of discussion of concerns with the ACT Aspire, the Alabama state board of education voted unanimously on Wednesday to ditch the test.

State superintendent Michael Sentance told the board the U.S. Department of Education are working with Alabama education officials to find a way to use a different assessment.

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