The Department of Education reported to the Government Operations and Audit Committee yesterday that while South Dakota’s average ACT score has slid from 21.9 for the…
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The Governor and legislators are piling new bills into an emergency hopper for Monday’s historic Online Veto-Plus Day. When I checked at breakfasttime today, there…
On the good side, coronavirus may kill standardized tests this year. The College Board has canceled SATs scheduled for March 28 and May 2. ACT…
Maybe the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s usurpation of the Secretary of Education’s authority will be good for South Dakota. GOAC chair Senator Ryan Maher…
When South Dakota students posted another year of flat standardized test scores, ace student Kristi Noem said she was “not happy with those numbers” and…
Aberdeen Central School Board member Duane Alm came to Saturday’s crackerbarrel to ask legislators why the Governor Kristi Noem wants to drop the testing requirements…
Governor Kristi Noem better send a memo to Tony Venhuizen’s seat-warmer over in Education, Interim Secretary Ben Jones, and tell him to tell his department…
Another new Issue Memo from the Legislative Research Council outlines the five major differences between the new Every Student Succeeds Act and the failed No…
Our Catholic friends at Aberdeen Roncalli appear to have swapped places with Aberdeen Central for leadership in ACT scores. While Central’s Class of 2017 chose…
Aberdeen Central’s 2017 graduates knocked down our local ACT average. Aberdeen’s composite ACT score dropped from a 22.0 average in 2016 to 21.2 in 2017.…