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After a whirlwind past seven days, the New York political sphere seems to be taking a few seconds to breathe. (Or maybe that’s just Twitter, which is apparently not real life.) We don’t expect it to last.
Teachers unions push for continued in-school testing
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A sign on the University at Albany Campus informs drivers that of the state COVID-19 testing site on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY State and national teachers unions are calling on school districts to ramp up COVID testing efforts for students and staff as many explore ways to bring more students back for in-person instruction for the remainder of the school year.
Leaders from New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), United University Professions (UUP), the National Football League Players Association and the Rockefeller Foundation, made the case for continued screenings at a virtual press conference Thursday.
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Standardized testing for third through eighth graders is likely to take place this year despite New York education officials’ request for another cancellation.
For nearly 20 years federal law has required schools to test third through eighth grade students once each year in math and reading as well as once in high school. The tests were canceled in March 2020 due to COVID-19, and the New York Education Department had sought to again postpone the tests in New York because students in different schools are learning on different schedules due to the pandemic.
New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and Georgia are among the states that were requesting waivers to postpone this year’s testing. While the federal government wants the testing to take place, it is giving states more flexibility in administering the tests. States can give a shortened version of the test, offer remote testing where feasible or expand the testing window into the
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