Peetz school board discusses testing, calendar

PEETZ, Colo. – New state-mandated testing began this week for Peetz Plateau School District students.

This is the first year the Colorado Department of Education has required schools to administer the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers English and mathematics assessments.

On Tuesday night, Peetz Superintendent Mark Collard discussed the testing during his report to the district’s board of education.

While some Colorado schools had reported technical glitches with the computer-based test, Collard said the first day of testing at Peetz schools went well.

“The technol...