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As Schools Face Upheaval, Biden Administration Says Standardized Testing Must Continue The decision was made without Miguel Cardona, President Bidens nominee to run the Education Department. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that schools will still be required to administer standardized tests for the 2020-2021 school year despite months of upheaval in which many students failed to step foot inside a school building. The decision was made without the leadership of Miguel Cardona,...

The U.S. Department of Education said it will not allow states to skip the federally mandated standardized tests this year.

The Department of Education announced Monday it would give school districts flexibility in administering standardized tests, but wouldn't allow broad cancellation of those exams.

We can let them decide what they are going to do -- >> i get that, guy, but there is a larger problem. on the virginia standardized test for students, they say that the people who came over here from ships on africa are indentured servants, that is problematic. we have to teach american history to our students. >> bill: i have not seen -- has anyone -- no, no, listen. >> he tweeted. >> bill: the company so that he opposed, and thats why they pulled it down. but i havent seen a public statement. ...

Optional. theres no way to track down the information they have given and take it back. >> shepard: and no demerits for not filling it out. what do you do to protect? >> read the fine print. look closely at the wording. thats what the experts say. look closely at the wording. we talked to a fordham university law professor. hes researched the student data mining practices. >> how can a parent find out? the bottom line is its almost impossible. the marketplace is very opaque. we were able to iden...

>> okay. >> stay positive. run, run, run. the number one thing with her is getting her to graduate. >> yeah, jazz. >> shes the smartest kid weve got but we dont know if shes going to make it or not. >> whats up? >> youre looking at it like i got this much to do instead of just looking at whats in front of you. youre going to want to quit and thats not an option right now. with three months to go, you got a kid thats failing with two years of course work to catch up on, plus standardized test. >>...

Are teaching a child to read so he or she can pass the test. testing is important to solve problems. >> finally, tonight, george w. bush left tonight, george w. bush left us with a strug eneconomy and two unfunded wars but his legacy might be no child left behind. >> get it right! get it right! >> teachers, counsellors, principals an parents staged this massive rally in albany to protest standardized testing. educators are realizing that tests like this work. teachers in seattle successfully boy...