State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today praised the decision by the U.S. Department of Education to limit testing and to make sure testing that takes place is of high quality.
“We are very pleased by the plan put out by the federal government. California has been a leader in trying to limit testing,” Torlakson applauded the federal government for stating clearly that tests should just be one measure of student performance. “Tests provide valuable information that can identify a student’s progress and help improve instruction, but we believe tests should be only one of many measures used to gauge a student’s progress, along with homework, class tests, grades, and other factors,” Torlakson said.
Release: #15-80
October 26, 2015
