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Michigan GOP: Cancel standardized tests and 3rd grade reading law this year
DATE: March 18, 2021
The standardized test used in Michigan schools and a controversial law that would hold back third-graders who are poor readers would both be shelved for the current school year, as part of a set of school recovery bills introduced by Michigan Senate Republicans on Thursday.
Those moves are generally in line with the views of school officials and state Democratic leaders, some of whom have criticized the notion of giving standardized tests amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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