Sentences with phrase «recognized college entrance»

Education Week's Alyson Klein reports that, while ESSA gives «districts the chance to use a nationally - recognized college entrance exam, instead of the regular state test, for accountability purposes,» thus far, only North Dakota and Oklahoma have plans to do so, with two other states — Georgia and Florida — considering such a move.

Starting in spring 2019, freshmen and sophomores would take the preliminary tests that lead up to a nationally recognized college entrance exam and help students prepare for college and careers.

Like No Child Left Behind, ESSA requires states to test students every year, but provides a bit more flexibility for states to try out new kinds of tests or use a nationally recognized college entrance test at the high school level.

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Part of the problem, the 194 - page document says, is a lack of widely recognized educational standards, other than those imposed in the form of college - and university - entrance...