Civil Rights Groups Ask Biden Administration To Commit To K-12 Testing

Several civil rights and education organisations have demanded that the Biden administration commit to continuing annual state testing in K-12 schools, as well as details on how it plans to use test results to target federal aid to the most vulnerable children and those who are the most behind in the recovery from the pandemic.

"Now, more than ever, as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and billions of dollars in federal relief funds flow to states, resource allocation and strategic interventions should be tailored to specific student populations based on evidence identified in data," the 15 organisations wrote in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Thursday.