Tennessee students begin TNReady testing this week

Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen has helped make state educational assessments more easy to understand.
Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen has helped make state educational assessments more easy to understand.

As more than 600,000 students across Tennessee begin the annual spring TNReady testing this week, state officials said they're confident the rollout will go as planned despite a debacle last year that led to the cancellation of the standardized tests.

This year is different, Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said Thursday. She pointed to a more experienced vendor with a proven track record, a scaled-down launch of online testing and the early distribution of test materials.

"What's different is we have had a partner on the ground with us from the beginning, working toward success with the platform, with the districts, with the specific devices," McQueen said, referring to Queststar, which won the two-year, $60 million state contract. "This time last year we were struggling with paper delivery. We're in a very different moment today than we were one year ago, with essentially all the boxes delivered and folks are prepared both online with confidence and paper delivery with confidence."

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