Teachers are telling the New York State Education Department that, because of the pandemic, students shouldn’t have to take standardized tests at the end of the school year. New York State United Teachers are calling on the state to ask for a federal waiver on testing requirements for grades three through high school. NYSUT’s Jolene DiBrango says suspending standardized testing is a matter of educational equity…
DiBrango notes students successfully graduated from high school last year even though standardized tests, including Regents exams, had been waived.