All posts tagged "standardized testing"

Ohio News2 years ago

K-12 funding boost headed to districts, ACT/SAT opt-out bill headed to the House

The Ohio legislature approved COVID-19 pandemic-related measures to bring more federal monies to K-12 schools, and the House will review another bill to reduce testing requirements...
Ohio News3 years ago

Bill would make ACT voluntary, put costs on school districts

A bill presented Wednesday removes the state mandate that all Ohio high school juniors take the ACT, making it a voluntary test, and also lays the...
Ohio News3 years ago

State testing bill passes committee without stopping exams this year

An Ohio House committee passed a bill regarding state education testing on Wednesday, with the bill looking quite different than its original version. It now extends...
Ohio News3 years ago

With no waiver of federal testing, legislators still weigh state testing

A bill to pause state testing for another year due to the impact of COVID-19 has been made more complicated by a Biden administration decision made...
Ohio News3 years ago

Testing scores should take back seat to mental health, Ohio educators say

Educators say the focus of schooling this year should be recovering from the trauma of a pandemic rather than worrying about testing scores. The Ohio House...
Local3 years ago

Tiffin University temporarily drops ACT, SAT requirement for Fall 2021 class

Tiffin, Ohio — In mid-March, as schools across the country began to close, aspiring college students received news that the ACT and SAT tests were being...
Ohio News3 years ago

Ohio State makes ACT and SAT scores optional for 2021 applications

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio State News) — Because of the challenges surrounding standardized tests caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Ohio State University has made the submission...