“I believe there are some things around the board’s new strategic plan. … We’ve begun to put some meat on that, and I assume they’ve got somebody else in mind that they would like to help lead in that direction,” the outgoing commissioner said.
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Superintendent: Skagway School has highest test scores in state
Skagway is the only school district in the state in which more than 50 percent of students were proficient in math.
AMP test under fire due to delays, concerns over usefulness
“I’m not happy. I’m not satisfied with the way the data was rolled out,” said Education Commissioner Mike Hanley.
New test scores show Alaska students fall short in English, math
Education Commissioner Mike Hanley said that although the results show room for improvement, they also show that the education department has raised the bar to make the tests more difficult.
Testing refusals hit Haines, put star rating and runding at risk
A growing national movement to opt-out of standardized testing has hit the Haines School District hard.