Dr. Rau says this is not helpful adding, "We already know that our kids are way behind and that we have to find multiple opportunities to close those gaps."
Feds say states cannot forgo standardized tests; SC awaits response to waiver request
VIDEO: Feds say states cannot forgo standardized tests, SC awaits response to waiver request By Kaitlin Stansell | February 24, 2021 at 6:39 PM EST - Updated February 24 at 7:45 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - States will not be allowed to forgo federally mandated standardized tests at the end of this school year, according to the US Department of Education.
A letter to state education superintendents said the measure is necessary to safely re-open schools and get students back in classrooms.
“To be successful once schools have re-opened, we need to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on learning and identify what resources and supports students need. We must also specifically be prepared to address the educational inequities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, including by using student learning data to enable states, school districts, and schools to target resources and suppor
Theyâre even less so during a pandemic.
Local school officials this week expressed frustration over the news that theyâll have to administer federally mandated, high-stakes tests during a year beset by sickness, quarantines, intermittent shifts to remote learning and potentially great learning loss.
âSimply put, these narrowly-focused, standardized assessments are just not that important right now after everything our students and staff have already endured,â Ephrata Area School District Superintendent Brian Troop said.
The U.S. Department of Education on Monday announced it would not be waiving the federal standardized test requirement as it did last year, despite social distancing, remote learning and student and staff quarantines still wreaking havoc on the nationâs schools due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the department issued guidance to states, allowing them to either extend the testing window to the summer or fall, shorten the tests or admi
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The B.C. government is continuing with its plan to have students write standardized tests this month, raising questions about how to balance the stress on children while also trying to assess the learning gaps caused by a disrupted year.
The province administers the annual test (called the Foundation Skills Assessment), which measures reading comprehension, writing and numeracy, to students in Grades 4 and 7. The teachers’ union is urging parents to withdraw their children from writing the test, which began last week.
The U.S. Department of Education says educators must resume federally-mandated tests this year, as lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse debate what to do about