State Superintendent Hoffman, education expert ask for legislature to grade with grace during pandemic year
Students throughout Arizona are experiencing learning loss due to the pandemic as experts weigh in on standardized testing.
and last updated 2021-01-09 16:13:03-05
Arizona state legislators go into session on Monday and one of the biggest challenges ahead they will have to face in the middle of this pandemic is schools and standardized testing.
The former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made it clear in the fall that states would not be receiving exemptions for standardized testing, which typically culminates in the spring.
Standardized testing is directly tied to funding sources.
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Superintendent Kathy Hoffman briefing the media on school closures in early 2020.
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman is publicly asking Gov. Doug Ducey to order Arizona s schools into a two-week period of distance learning.
In a post on social media Saturday, Hoffman points out the state health department recommends virtual learning when COVID-19 case numbers, positivity rates and COVID-related hospital visits reach heightened levels. The latest data shows substantial spread in all 15 of Arizona s counties.
A spokesman for the governor said Ducey wouldn’t issue the order because how schools open is a local decision.