Obama Administration Releases Testing Action Plan

In October,  President Obama and the Department of Education released Testing Action Plan,  calling on states to cut back on “unnecessary testing” that consumes “too much instructional time” and creates “undue stress for educators and students.”

See the Testing Action Plan at: http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-testing-action-plan

Also of interest is the National Education Policy Center brief released after Obama Administration’s Testing Action Plan – attempts to address the question, ‘where do we go from here?’: http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2015/11/accountability