Colorado 11th graders may all be taking the ACT college placement exam this spring after all.
Last week, the its mandatory test for high school juniors from the ACT to a new version of the SAT, a product of the College Board. The decision to switch to the SAT shocked many superintendents, educators and others.
But in an e-mail Monday evening to school district superintendents, Interim Education Commissioner Elliott Asp said the department is working with the two testing providers on a plan that would keep the ACT status quo for one more year.
“I know that this is a high-stakes assessment for students, with college entrance, placement and scholarships on the line,” Asp wrote. “To require this year’s 11th graders to take the SAT exam this spring – after they have already invested time, money and energy in preparing to take a different assessment – would not be in their best interest.”
Asp did not provide a time frame for a final decision. He previously promised that the department would explore “options for flexibility” for this year’s juniors.
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