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Parents react to Tennessee’s decision to cancel standardized testing

Education Commissioner Candice McQueen speaks to media representatives while at the Chattanooga Times Free Press in this file photo. Education Commissioner Candice McQueen speaks to media representatives while at the Chattanooga Times Free Press in this file photo.

By Kendi A. Rainwater April 28, 2016 5 min read

The glitchy rollout of TNReady to replace Tennessee’s TCAP test is sparking debate and anxiety.

Elementary and middle school students in Hamilton County

will not be taking any more standardized tests

this spring after the state suspended testing for those grades for the remainder of the school year.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said Wednesday afternoon testing for grades 3-8 will not continue because the state terminated its contract with Measurement Inc., the vendor that developed the new TNReady test that replaced the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program.

“TNReady was designed to provide Tennessee students, teachers and families with better information about what students know and understand,” McQueen said.

Attempts to obtain comment from Measurement Inc. were unsuccessful as of press time.