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UMATILLA COUNTY — Oregon schools are getting unprecedented flexibility in how they conduct state testing this year in the face of a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Umatilla
Hermiston School District has announced it will opt out of state testing for the current school year.
School districts usually have students participate in state assessments in reading, math and science each spring. But Superintendent Tricia Mooney said this year the district will forgo those assessments in order to maximize the in-person instructional time students have left instead.
âThis is really about supporting our kids and supporting our teachers,â she said.
Usually, state testing takes between one to two weeks for students to complete. Even with much shorter tests this year, it would still mean time not in front of a teacher for students who just returned to in-person classes. Mooney said testing often creates anxiety for students, as well, and the district doesnât want to add to what has already been an anxious time.
Lowndes Co. man wins reversal in murder case The court sided with Pindling s argument (Source: GA DOC) By WALB News Team | April 5, 2021 at 8:47 AM EDT - Updated April 5 at 8:47 AM
ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - A man serving a life-without-parole prison sentence has had his convictions for malice murder and other crimes reversed under an opinion Monday by the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Michael Pindling was convicted in Lowndes County for his role in the 2013 shooting death of Robert Pett. After the trial court denied his motion for a new trial, Pindling argued that the trial judge plainly erred when instructing the jury that a single witness’s testimony was sufficient to prove a fact without also instructing the jury that if the single witness was an accomplice to the crime, that person’s testimony must be corroborated.