Continuing State Battles Over High-Stakes Testing

Maryland's Board of Education rejected a one-year delay in implementing the state's new graduation test, while signaling it may consider revising its graduation requirements. FairTest provided invited testimony to the board, suggesting how the state could construct a different system. Texas appears on the verge of ending its Bush-era mandate that students pass a standardized test in grades 3, 5 and 8 to be promoted to the next grade. In Pennsylvania, the battle continues over whether the Board of Education and governor will be able to impose a new graduation test in the face of substantial opposition and tightening budgets. Rhode Island has increased the weight given to its standardized test in graduation decisions. In Washington, voters elected as state Superintendent of Public Instruction a former teacher, principal and union leader who promised to overhaul the state’s high-stakes exams and bring back things like social studies, art and music.
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