Proposal to Replace State Tests Faces Mixed Response, Rocky Future

Proposal to replace Oklahoma state tests faces mixed response, rocky future

Students walk into Thelma R. Parks Elementary in Oklahoma City on the first day of school on Aug. 13. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — When Carri Hicks thinks of state testing, she remembers the fourth grader in her classroom who threw up from the stress of the end-of-year exam. A Democratic state senator and former public-school teacher from Oklahoma City, Hicks found herself in the uncommon position of agreeing with…

Proposal to replace state tests faces mixed response, rocky future

Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters proposes replacing state tests with local benchmarks, sparking bipartisan skepticism and logistical concerns. The post Proposal to replace state tests faces mixed response, rocky future first appeared on The Journal Record.