The Christian Science Monitor – Michelle Toh
“President Obama on Saturday introduced new federal guidelines to curb the emphasis on standardized testing in public schools, signaling a turnaround on a subject that has in recent years grown to new heights of contention. Mr. Obama is now calling for standardized testing to take up to 2 percent of class time, compared to the 2.3 percent now used by the average eighth-grader, reports The Associated Press. Standardized tests became mandatory in 2001 for students in third grade and higher under No Child Left Behind, a law legislators voted to overhaul in July.”(more)