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Mar 8, 2021
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Standardized tests have been a feature of U.S. classrooms for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic put the controversial rite of passage for students on ice in 2020. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education means that won’t be the case for students this year.
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(THE CONVERSATION) — Despite the many ways that COVID-19 has disrupted schools, the U.S. Department of Education will not give states a pass on giving standardized tests to students this year as it did in spring 2020. That’s according to new guidance the department issued Feb. 22.

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