Rachel Carroll, left, and Kristen Adams load boxes of test materials to take into Normal Park Upper School Thursday, March 10, 2016.
Kirk Kelly, director of testing and accountability for Hamilton County SchoolsAfter several delays, TNReady testing materials have arrived in Hamilton County allowing testing to begin Monday.
Kirk Kelly, Hamilton County assistant superintendent of testing and accountability, said the tests arrived at the district’s warehouse this morning and are being processed.
“It will take a few hours to process,” Kelly said. “After completing the processing and sorting at the warehouse, we will send a notice to the schools to pickup their testing materials today.”
The state decided last month to switch to paper and pencil tests, after the controversial online testing platform experienced significant glitches the first day of scheduled testing.
Paper and pencil testing was scheduled to begin yesterday, but due to printing delays the tests did not arrive last week as scheduled. Kelly was forced to create another testing schedules for schools, which the district should be able to stick to now that the tests have arrive.