Helena) – Superintendent Arntzen has opened the first testing window for the second year of the Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) pilot program. The first testing window for the MAST Through-Year Pilot runs from October 23rd to November 10th for grades 3 through 8 in Math and English Language Arts.
As part of the pilot program, districts will administer the MAST assessments during all five testing windows throughout the 2023-2024 school year. By participating in the MAST Through-Year Pilot, districts will no longer be obligated to administer the federally mandated end-of-the-year Smarter Balanced Assessment, and their accountability measures will remain unaffected.
