Sentences with phrase «government over standardized testing»

Faced with potentially tens of millions of dollars in fines, the state Department of Education has headed off a confrontation with the federal government over standardized testing.

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These tests, which are not required by the federal government, make up nearly 80 % of the more than 200 hours of standardized tests students have to take over their 12 years of school, DeMaria told the state school board.

The report is certain to add fuel to the fire in the ongoing debate in California and elsewhere over how to measure teacher quality and the effort or resistance of some government bodies to tie teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

As we noted in our report, Wales had also abolished standardized testing after it had taken over control of its educational system from the UK government in London — a direction that seemed to be consistent with practice in Finland.

Essays, speeches and interviews... come from students, parents and government officials, providing a comprehensive guide to the pitfalls of standardized testing, with arguments to win over even the most skeptical school reformer.