Test will gauge student's 'real world' knowledge
02.17.10
Tech Valley High School wants to know how well its students are prepared for the real world. As such it is one of only 11 schools in the country that will administer a test specifically designed to gauge such schools through a pilot program offered by the New Tech Network.
Principal Dan Liebert said that every students will be administered the "College and Work Readiness Assessment" exam on February
"We are giving to all students this year to establish a baseline - then just 9th and 12th graders after that," he said.
He called the exam an "SAT" for 21st century skills."
Only 11 schools nationally are administering the exam in what he calls a pilot test for future years.
Counselor Dean Walker said no date has been set to administer the test, though the school must administer it before mid-April according to national rules for the exam.
