“With coronavirus threat already hanging over the 2020-21 school year, the time to cancel the testing is now. Now. Before the 2020-21 school year is scheduled to begin. Instead, put those resources (time, energy, and money, millions and millions of dollars in money) in reserve as a proactive measure for facing COVID-19 in 2020-21.” https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/states-need-to-plan-now-to-forego-standardized-testing-in-2020-21/?fbclid=IwAR3NWQsNP2QTPW3ORrZIN4eMNwozfhtkny2AzpAIErLpkIFDyEJqLvetAk8

“With coronavirus threat already hanging over the 2020-21 school year, the time to cancel the testing is now. Now. Before the 2020-21 school year is scheduled to begin. Instead, put those resources (time, energy, and money, millions and millions of dollars in money) in reserve as a proactive measure for facing COVID-19 in 2020-21.” https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/states-need-to-plan-now-to-forego-standardized-testing-in-2020-21/?fbclid=IwAR367cSR-_a1CGRu8Wc4vGSCS8-zAlk_lMMb29Md8fkDX5T5r0nSSKi9khY

“On average, students spend 10 days taking district-mandated tests during the school year and nine days taking state-mandated tests. On average, teachers estimate spending 14 days preparing students for state-mandated exams, and 12 days for district-mandated exams.” If we eliminated state and district-mandated exams, and allowed teachers to use this time to address the specific …