Students within the public education sector often find themselves having to prepare for certain milestones. While standardized testing has become the norm in predicting whether or not a student matches up to the academic standards of the rest of the country, there are other ways to ensure that they’re prepared for the future.
Baldwin County schools in Alabama are planning to have their eighth grade students take the EXPLORE test, which will help determine their college and career readiness, according to AL.com. This test will replace the Stanford Achievement Test after spring 2011. Additionally state officials will be adding the Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test, which will start in spring 2012.
"When I talk about finding out what works," superintendent Alan Lee told the news provider. "I’m not just talking about professional development. We have to change the culture here. There should not be a school that’s better than us."
The Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test is available for grades three through eight.
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