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 wonât be the case for students this year.
Editor’s note: The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is written by Erin Marie Furtak, Lorrie Shepard,, and William R. Penuel, all of the University of Colorado Boulder.
(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.