KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Tennessee
Department of Education said the TNReady testing system may have
experienced a "deliberate attack" Tuesday morning.
State officials said they are resetting the Questar data center and have
passed on the information to school superintendents.
Commissioner Candice McQueen said testing has resumed for some school
systems, and Questar continues to take steps to prevent a repeat attack.
"To reiterate what we have shared earlier, there is absolutely no
evidence that student data or information has been compromised. We
believe the testing program performed as designed to mask and protect
student information," Commissioner McQueen said. "Again, the software is
designed to save students’ work, so if their testing session was
disrupted, they can resume and submit their answers."
Knox County Schools representative Carly Harrington said administrators
have suspended online TNReady testing Tuesday. Harrington said most
schools in the district were impacted. She said paper and pencil testing
is okay.
Tuesday's testing system problems come after multiple school systems
reported issues with testing Monday.
A representative with the department told WVLT that Monday's issue has
been resolved, and more than 25,000 students successfully completed
TNReady exams as of noon on Monday.
Officials said they are not certain what caused the issues, but claim it
was not due to the volume of students testing or a server crash.
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