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Cleveland Plain Dealer
State superintendent
proposes cuts in Ohio's state tests
By Patrick O'Donnell
COLUMBUS, Ohio - State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria has recommended
significant cuts in state-required testing of students, slashing
mandated tests closer to just federal requirements.
The recommendations, proposed to the state school board this morning,
would end some tests that affect state graduation requirements and
state report cards for schools and districts.
Some will require changes in state law to take effect.
The biggest would eliminate the tests that districts give just to
evaluate teachers by measuring student progress over a school year.
But his recommendations do not go as far as those suggested by the
advisory committee Demaria appointed to seek reductions.
DeMaria proposes:
- Eliminating the 4th grade social studies assessment
- Eliminating the high school English language arts I end-of-course exam
- Eliminateing the high school American Government assessment
- Eliminating WorkKeys (nationally recognized job skills assessment)
- Requiring districts to disclose a full list of all tests and testing
hours they require on their own.
- Eliminating tests used just to evaluate teachers, which lead to many
hours of tests for students each year.
"It's really the source of a massive amount of assesment that's not
really providing a lot of value," DeMaria said of the teacher
evaluation tests.
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