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Cleveland Plain Dealer
State superintendent proposes cuts in Ohio's state tests
By Patrick O'Donnell

COLUMBUS, Ohio - State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria has recommended significant cuts in state-required testing of students, slashing mandated tests closer to just federal requirements.

The recommendations, proposed to the state school board this morning, would end some tests that affect state graduation requirements and state report cards for schools and districts.

Some will require changes in state law to take effect.

The biggest would eliminate the tests that districts give just to evaluate teachers by measuring student progress over a school year.

But his recommendations do not go as far as those suggested by the advisory committee Demaria appointed to seek reductions.

DeMaria proposes:

- Eliminating the 4th grade social studies assessment
- Eliminating the high school English language arts I end-of-course exam
- Eliminateing the high school American Government assessment
- Eliminating WorkKeys (nationally recognized job skills assessment)
- Requiring districts to disclose a full list of all tests and testing hours they require on their own.
- Eliminating tests used just to evaluate teachers, which lead to many hours of tests for students each year.

"It's really the source of a massive amount of assesment that's not really providing a lot of value," DeMaria said of the teacher evaluation tests.

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