Listen Updated with response from Measurement Inc. There had been problems throughout the trial period for Tennessee’s new online standardized test. One even required a total overhaul. But the state’s top education officials say Monday’s glitch was entirely new, and that’s why they abandoned computer-based testing for the year.
Tennessee Ditches Online Standardized Testing After ‘Massive Outage’ In First Hour
Listen Updated 5:30 p.m. The long-awaited changeover to computer-based standardized testing in Tennessee won’t happen this year. “Like you, we are incredibly disappointed,” Tennessee education commissioner Candice McQueen wrote to superintendents around the state.
To Drive Down Cost Of Drug-Dependent Newborns, TennCare Looks At Birth Control Options
Listen Tennessee’s Medicaid program is taking aim at the state’s rising number of drug-dependent newborns by expanding access to long-acting birth control implants.
What’s The Worst That Could Happen As Tennessee Students Start Online Testing?
Listen Tennessee education officials say they don’t anticipate a major system failure when students begin taking standardized tests online for the first time next week. But they also say it wouldn’t be the end of the world if some students have to revert to paper-and-pencil tests, which are available as a backup.
Haslam’s 2016 State Of The State In Photos
Photographer Stephen Jerkins documented Gov. Bill Haslam’s annual state of the state address in these 13 photos. As for the substance of the speech, WPLN’s Chas Sisk reports Haslam credited his business savvy for bringing Tennessee government a surplus. Read all about it here, or listen to the complete speech below. Listen
Stephen Fincher, Self-Described ‘Farmer From Frog Jump,’ Calls It Quits After 3 Terms In Congress
Listen The farmer from Frog Jump who pledged to “plow congress” is ready to come home after six years in office. Republican Stephen Fincher has announced in a statement he won’t run for re-election, saying he “never intended to become a career politician” and he was “humbled by the opportunity.”
Will Tennessee Lawmakers Give Vouchers The Thumbs Up?
Listen Amid the hour-by-hour developments regarding the political fate of Rep. Jeremy Durham, lawmakers have made swift work on the notoriously sticky issue of school vouchers.
Trump Far And Away Leads Presidential Field In Tennessee, New Poll Says
It’s not even close. Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is Tennessee’s favorite candidate running for president, according to a new poll from Middle Tennessee State University.
Harwell Says She’s Making Plans To Oust Rep. Durham
Republican leaders of the General Assembly are now looking at their options to force Rep. Jeremy Durham from his seat.
Clayton McWhorter Dies After A Lifetime Of Leading, Launching Nashville Healthcare Firms
One of the biggest names in Nashville’s health care industry died over the weekend. Clayton McWhorter was 82 years old. He either started or led a half-dozen companies, including HCA, HealthTrust and PharmMD.
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