Bill Aims To Curb High-Stakes Testing Mandates

Mar 12, 2014

A bipartisan bill that aims to cut the number of standardized tests the federal can impose on states has received approval from the nation’s largest teacher’s union.

Today the National Education Association endorsed HR-4172, introduced last week by Reps. Chris Gibson (R-NY) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to change the number of federally mandated standardized tests state would be required to administer under the current law, eliminating annual testing and replacing it with grade-span testing (or testing once over a certain span of grades.)
Read more at http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/03/11/reforming-reform-bill-aims-to-curb-high-stakes-testing-mandates.aspx?m=2#qRjUejZSrVmsfGAv.99

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