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Growing anger against Biden administration’s mandate for standardized tests during pandemic
Last month, President Biden’s Acting Assistant Education Secretary Ian Rosenblum sent a letter to state education administrators instructing them that standardized tests had to be administered to students in some form this spring, summer or fall.
Rosenblum whose previous job was executive director of the Education Trust-New York, a pro-standardized testing and pro-business organization said states could delay the tests but they could not be canceled like last spring and they have to be conducted as soon as possible. The spring testing window for state tests, including the PSAT and SAT, typically given to high school juniors and seniors preparing for college, has already started in the United States.
Feds say states cannot forgo standardized tests; SC awaits response to waiver request
VIDEO: Feds say states cannot forgo standardized tests, SC awaits response to waiver request By Kaitlin Stansell | February 24, 2021 at 6:39 PM EST - Updated February 24 at 7:45 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - States will not be allowed to forgo federally mandated standardized tests at the end of this school year, according to the US Department of Education.
A letter to state education superintendents said the measure is necessary to safely re-open schools and get students back in classrooms.
“To be successful once schools have re-opened, we need to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on learning and identify what resources and supports students need. We must also specifically be prepared to address the educational inequities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, including by using student learning data to enable states, school districts, and schools to target resources and suppor