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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will administer in-person spring state assessments in federal and state guidance, according to an April 15 statement.
Assessments for the current academic year will not be waived as they were last year because of the pandemic. The district was given the option to administer the assessments in either the spring or the fall. District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton said the tests will be given in the spring to prevent state testing twice once in the fall and again in the spring the following school year.
“We believe we are preserving instructional time for students and educators in the fall and protecting space to focus on relationships and routines upon return,” Horton said in the statement.
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The Murphy administration has wrapped up its plans to postpone standardized testing for this school year, confirming with districts this week that there will be no state testing this spring and telling them to be ready for it in the fall instead.
The state Department of Education on Wednesday alerted districts to the
final plan, ending months of speculation and considerable confusion as to what the administration sought to do and what the federal government would allow.
The state last week had initially informed districts of its plans to postpone the tests pending federal approval, but officials acknowledged a week later under questioning from legislators that there were still details to confirm with the federal Department of Education.