Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
COLFAX — The Colfax School District may not have to undergo annual tests after a year of hybrid, online and in-person learning.
Superintendent Jerry Pugh updated the school board on Monday night.
The usual testing of 700,000 students statewide will drop to a sampling of 50,000, according to the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
"It could be that Colfax will have nobody tested," said Pugh.
The sampling will be targeted with the aim of creating the best sample to offer a snapshot of education over the past year.
Pugh and other Eastern Washington superintendents took in an Educational Service District (ESD) 101 meeting March 18 with Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public instruction.
Pugh and other superintendents previously had bristled at the original call to test students for learning at the same standards in a normal year.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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