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As Schools Face Upheaval, Biden Administration Says Standardized Testing Must Continue The decision was made without Miguel Cardona, President Biden's 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, President Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary, according to an Education Department spok...

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 that's why they pulled it down. but i haven't seen a public statement. >> he tweeted with a snippet, frederick douglass, basically saying -- >> bill: that was days after...

Optional. there's 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. that's what the experts say. look closely at the wording. we talked to a fordham university law professor. he's researched the student data mining practices. >> how can a parent find out? the bottom line is it's almost impossible. the marketplace is very opaque. we were able to identify about a dozen companies that were purporting to sell student information. >> currently ther...