2013年6月22日星期六

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


Ind. seeks $614K for standardized testing problems

Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:16 PM PDT

Ellen Haley, President of CTB/McGraw-Hill, speaks during a joint House and Senate education committee.hearing at the Statehouse Friday, June 21, 2013, in Indianapolis. Administration of the state's standardized test was thrown into chaos after online tests began freezing for hours at a time. Haley respond to questions about what caused close 80,000 students to have their online ISTEP tests disrupted last month. Indiana's state superintendent announced Friday she is seeking at least $614,000 in damages from CTB/McGraw-Hill for testing troubles as Haley apologized to state lawmakers. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The superintendent of Indiana's public schools announced Friday she would seek more than $614,000 in damages from CTB/McGraw-Hill, the same day company President Ellen Haley apologized to lawmakers for failures in online standardized tests that caused chaos at the end of the school year.


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