Not exact matches
On school
requirements, the program requires schools to have state approval and administer a nationally norm referenced
test to scholarship students, but avoids
unnecessary regulations.
However, their recommendation that states «fix this» by «identifying and discarding
unnecessary tests and, if necessary, placing explicit limits on how much time can be spent on
testing» misses that it is the FEDERAL accountability
requirements that spawned excessive
testing and
test preparation in the first place.
Since the parents of all students in public schools were discouraged from opting their children out of this state - mandated «standardized»
test experiment, it should be gratifying to those who saw through the misinformation and controversy associated with the Common Core
testing requirement and, with courage and conviction, refused to allow their children to take this
unnecessary and unproven
test.