Chalkbeat | Matt Barnum
“State testing isn’t one of those things that if you build it, they will come… [The existence of the exam] doesn’t mean parents will send their kids to school.”
Policymakers across the country have significant concerns about the validity of state education testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for good reason. New processes, such as test implementation for remote students, are unfamiliar; and optional in-person testing may not yield enough participation to adequately inform decisions.
