Educators, Parents Hold Mixed Views on Testing
Survey finds less interest in year-end tests for students
Parents, teachers, and district administrators consider formative and interim tests far more valuable than summative assessments, according to a recent survey .
And if state test results arrive more than a month after they were given, most parents don’t find them very valuable, the survey found.
The study was intended to shed light on those three groups’ views of tests as key assessment policy is being shaped at the...
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