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State Superintendent Mark Johnson will end his tenure this month the same way he started it four years ago – at odds with the State Board of Education.  The state board’s decision to require high school students and some middle school students to take End-of-Course exams in person during the pandemic is the most recent point of contention between the controversial superintendent and the board.    “[SBE] Chairman Eric Davis and the next State Superintendent, Catherine Truitt, disagree with my position and have declared that the State Board’s EOC rule is in effect regardless,” Jo...

With the state breaking records for coronavirus infections and hospitalizations, parents are worried about sending children into classrooms to take required state exams. High school students began returning to school buildings this week for state End of Course (EOCs) exams and career and technical education assessment exams. The state is requiring students to report to campuses to take those exams in person, even if they’ve chosen to take online classes. But some parents are pushing back against sending children to school to take tests amid a pandemic that has clai...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina Families for School Testing Reform is hosting an online student and parent event about concerns with in-person standardized student testing as COVID-19 cases surge. "Our mission all the time is for fewer tests, fairer tests and fruitful tests so we feel that the current mandate to require in-person testing is not checking any of those boxes," said Chelsea Bartel, a school psychologist and leader with NC Families for School Testing Reform. "It's not going to be fruitful to measure skills right now in the midst of a pandemic. It's not fair to our students...