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Nevada testing problems impede school accountability ratings

Nevada education officials will hit pause on the state’s school accountability ratings following weeks of computer glitches that have marred an online student testing system. The State Board of Education on Thursday voted to carry over the one- to five-star ratings that individual campuses received in the 2013-14 school year to the 2014-15 school year.

Family of Foothill student sues CCSD, claims teacher lured for sex

The father of a former Foothill High School student has filed a civil rights lawsuit that accuses the Clark County School District of acting with “deliberate indifference” toward the conduct of an English teacher who lured the teenager into an inappropriate relationship.

Arizona State to offer freshman year cheap and at home

Arizona State University will provide a full year of freshman online coursework in massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that anyone can take and then convert into ASU college credit.

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CCSD indefinitely suspends state student testing

Citing a continued failure of two state vendors to fix computer system glitches, the Clark County School District will indefinitely suspend online basic skills student testing. The district made the decision after students at eight campuses who previously couldn’t access the tests because of the glitches still encountered technical errors on Thursday.

Nevada may end contracts with problematic student testing providers

The Nevada Department of Education may terminate its contracts with two vendors administering the state’s online student testing system if they fail to fix a series of computer glitches in the coming weeks.

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