By Niki Kelley.
INDIANAPOLIS – All Indiana students would be required to take the ACT or SAT, according to a recommendation passed by an appointed board looking at expanding graduation requirements.
These college-ready exams would replace the end-of-course Algebra I and English 10 assessments – also known as ECAs – and would count as the state’s federally and state-required accountability exams for high school.
The surprising nugget was added to the draft proposal late Monday after behind-the-scenes discussions among members of the Graduation Pathways Panel. That group has been working for months on the topic and have had five other iterations that did not include dumping the ECAs/Grade 10 ISTEP exam.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick said taking an ACT or SAT is purposeful and an opportunity to move to post-secondary education would be tied to it.
But she was clearly bothered by the last-minute shift on the topic. Go to the article
