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October 27, 2015 – Statement from State School Superintendent Richard
Woods regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s recently announced Testing
Action Plan:
“I
am pleased that the President and U.S. Secretary of Education see what we at
the state and local levels have seen for years: we test way too much. As I stated
early on in my term, we must balance accountability with responsibility.
That is why several months ago I called for a testing audit to determine ways
we could eliminate unnecessary testing at the state and local levels.
In
the days ahead, my team and I will look over this proposal and move forward
with recommendations to provide relief from over-testing and over-burdensome
accountability. Now that the federal government has signaled its willingness to
provide flexibility, we as a state must act, in the interests of our students
and teachers.”