NEWSTALK 860 » standardized tests http://ksfa860.com Tue, 21 May 2013 03:20:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Obama Waives National Test Requirements – Too Many Kids Failing http://ksfa860.com/obama-waiving-standardized-test-requirements-too-many-kids-failing/ http://ksfa860.com/obama-waiving-standardized-test-requirements-too-many-kids-failing/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:46:43 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=8544 State and local education officials have been begging the federal government for relief from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan has heard their cry, with a waiver system that will give schools and states a break.

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