Sentences with phrase «of standardized tests students»

This might reduce the number of standardized tests students take, especially if they attend school in a district that has adopted numerous local tests on top of what the state requires.

State lawmakers will hear a bill today that would cap the number of standardized tests students take at four per school year.

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.

Over the weekend, the Obama administration announced a plan to reduce and limit the amount of standardized tests students are given.

WASHINGTON — New Jersey and other states will be eligible for $ 9 million in federal funding to study how to improve or reduce the number of standardized tests students take each year, White House officials announced Friday.

The Council of Chief State School Officers and the country's largest school districts have spoken out in favor of reducing the number of standardized tests students take.

Parents and educators alike have increasingly lashed out against the high number of standardized tests students must take, the high stakes attached to those test results, and the narrowed curriculum that occurs when schools are held accountable for students» test results in only two or three subjects.