Education World – Nicole Gorman
“The U.S. Department of Education and acting Education Secretary John B. King, J.R. have announced efforts to help states reduce the number of standardized tests in schools by helping to create better assessments. “Acting U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. wants states and districts to focus on streamlined, higher-quality tests in a broader effort to win back some classroom time,” NPR said. The department will be using federal dollars to help make this happen. “To help schools cut down, the Education Department has announced more details of how federal money could be used to ‘audit’ testing programs, to eliminate redundancy and get rid of ‘low-quality’ tests. The department included links to resources on how to conduct such an audit,” NPR said.”(more)