LOHUD--2 WESTCHESTER HIGH SCHOOLS TO HELP NYS PILOT NEW WAYS TO ASSESS WHAT STUDENTS KNOW

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2 Westchester high schools to help NYS pilot new ways to assess what students know

Diana DombrowskiRockland/Westchester Journal News

Two Westchester high schools will participate in a state pilot program aimed at helping schools shift toward performance-based assessments, which evaluate what students know by having them perform tasks or create something.

The state Education Department announced Hendrick Hudson High School and Port Chester High School as two of 23 New York schools that will take part. The state intends to study how to help schools make the shift away from traditional forms of testing students.  SEE MORE HERE.