School districts in New York State will still be required to administer standardized tests this year despite the pandemic, but officials are working to waive the state exams graduation requirements and cancel some tests altogether.
On Monday, the Biden administration announced states would not be given a blanket waiver for federally required exams but schools could administer shorter or remote versions of the exam as well as extend testing windows.
New York State Education Department officials responded by saying they were “disappointed” in the decision but said the federal government “made the right call” in stating that no student should be made to come to school to take an exam and agree that exam results would only be used to measure student learning.