School board discusses standardized tests, dress code

PSD Superintendent Erika Kludt Painter discussed the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) scores—a new state adopted standardized test that students completed for the first time last spring. Kludt Painter said the tests are totally different than what students are used to and they’ve been expecting scores to reflect that. The AMP standards are higher than previous tests and measures English language arts and mathematics for grades 3-10.

“It came in pretty much what we thought which is they don’t look the same as they used to,” Kludt Painter said. “Our district did score substantially over the sta...

 

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