[ti:Many American Students Decide to not Take Standardized Tests]
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[00:00.04]Standardized tests are tests that aim to measure a student's progress in a subject.
[00:08.52]The tests are returning to America's schools this spring
[00:13.16]after the year-long pandemic.
[00:16.60]But millions of students will face shorter exams
[00:20.84]that carry less importance.
[00:23.56]And most families are being given the choice to not do testing at all.
[00:29.80]With new guidelines from the Biden administration,
[00:34.56]states are using different testing plans.
[00:38.84]These plans aim to reduce the stress of tests
[00:43.40]while still getting some data on student learning.
[00:47.60]However, large numbers of students will go untested,
[00:52.92]meaning it will be unclear how much learning
[00:56.48]has been set back by the pandemic.
[01:00.52]Robin Lake is director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education
[01:07.00]at the University of Washington.
[01:10.04]"We will end up with a highly imperfect set of data," Lake said.
[01:17.12]Lake added that the U.S. will have to follow and learn about the issue
[01:23.40]"for at least the next few years, and maybe the next decade."
[01:29.32]The current debate is the latest in a series of battles over school testing
[01:36.48]among American parents and education leaders.
[01:41.32]As in the past, parents are divided.
[01:45.24]Some are demanding tests to get an idea of their children's progress.
[01:52.04]Others see no need to put their children through the stress of a test.
[01:58.20]As a teacher, Jay Wamsted believes there is value in testing.
[02:04.44]But when his sixth-grade daughter Kira asked to not be tested this year,
[02:10.84]he saw no reason to object.
[02:14.12]He already knows she needs to catch up on math
[02:18.04]after months of online learning.
[02:20.92]And as a teacher at her school,
[02:24.24]he knew that many other students were not taking the tests either.
[02:29.48]"I know she's a little behind, and I don't need that data," said Wamsted.
[02:36.88]Parent Abby Norman found her third-grade daughter crying in her bedroom
[02:42.40]the morning tests were set to begin at her school near Atlanta, Georgia.
[02:48.60]Priscilla, 9, had just returned to the classroom after learning from home.
[02:56.72]She was worried that she was not prepared.
[03:00.20]But she did well on the test.
[03:02.88]"She was so nervous about this test
[03:06.04]that I don't care about at all, that does not matter to me," said Norman.
[03:12.60]Those who oppose testing say it is the last thing students need
[03:18.00]after such a difficult year.
[03:20.56]Schools have other ways to study students' progress, they say,
[03:26.00]and testing only takes away from classroom time.
[03:30.56]Testing supporters say that there is still value
[03:34.24]in collecting as much data as possible.
[03:38.28]Lake, at the University of Washington,
[03:41.96]said even imperfect results can be used to help students recover.
[03:48.04]In normal years, the federally required tests
[03:52.72]are used to study a school's performance
[03:56.24]and its student's progress.
[03:59.56]In some states, students must pass certain tests
[04:04.16]to move to the next grade or graduate from high school.
[04:09.32]But this year, most states are measuring student growth
[04:13.76]and not making schools and students responsible for the results.
[04:19.84]After last year's tests were canceled,
[04:23.16]there was hope that this year's exams would give information
[04:27.96]about the pandemic's effect on education.
[04:32.12]But different testing between states
[04:35.12]now makes a comparative study impossible, said Scott Marion,
[04:40.52]the executive director of the nonprofit Center for Assessment.
[04:45.88]The group helps states design and evaluate tests.
[04:51.00]Still, he believes the results will have value.
[04:55.56]As schools begin the long process to help students recover, he said,
[05:01.40]this year's data will provide a starting point to measure against.
[05:06.76]I'm John Russell. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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