Push to Limit Federal Test Mandates Gains Steam

Education Week: For more than a decade, teachers, administrators, students, and even parents have criticized the No Child Left Behind Act—and, now, the Obama administration's waivers under that law—for giving too much weight to standardized testing and forcing students to take too many exams.

That critique hasn't gotten very far in Washington. But there are signs that the movement to limit the number of federally mandated tests students take may be gaining momentum—and it could pick up more steam as the Obama administration draws to a close and the 2016 presidential election begins in earnest.

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