(AP) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's annual report cards on how well schools and districts performed have been delayed until
March to give an oversight group more time to decide how to score the state's new standardized tests.
The Education Oversight Committee on Monday delayed voting on setting benchmarks for "not met," "met" and "exemplary" scores on the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards, or PASS.
Results will be used to determine how schools are progressing toward state and national accountability goals.
The tests replaced the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests, which legislators decided to end last spring after 10 years.
Though normally published each fall, the 2009 report cards were scheduled for February release.
School groups were worried the recommended benchmarks for PASS would lead to fewer students passing, though education officials say the concerns are
premature.
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