States will need to administer annual standardized achievement exams to students this year, but they can modify or delay the tests, the U.S. Department of Education said Monday., acting Assistant Education Secretary Ian Rosenblum wrote that the Biden administration will not consider "blanket waivers of assessments" this year.
The requirement to administer state exams was waived by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in spring 2020, when most U.S. schools shut down as a result of COVID-19.Miguel Cardona “Certainly, we do not believe that if there are places where students are unable to attend school safely in person because of the pandemic that they should be brought into school buildings for the sole purpose of taking a test,” Rosenblum wrote.
Expect many to not test within their proper grade level.
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