Montana first to implement computerized pilot program for standardized tests

Students won’t be sharpening number two pencils to take the state standardized test this spring.

Instead, they’ll use computers to try out a new assessment that will measure how well students are meeting recently adopted Common Core state standards.

Around 70,000 students in grades 3-8 and 11 will participate in a pilot program of the Smarter Balanced exam, which replaces the Montana Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT).

By DEREK BROUWER Independent Record

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