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Teachers and parents urge board to reduce benchmark testing, cite lost instructional time
3255980 · May 9, 2025
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Summary
Teachers and parents said benchmark and standardized testing consumes instructional hours, contributes to chronic absenteeism and burnout, and urged the board to eliminate or reduce benchmark testing in the district’s assessment calendar.
Amanda Shaw, a second‑grade teacher, and Jeremy Barrett, a district teacher, told the board that benchmark testing consumes excessive instructional time and contributes to student and teacher stress.
Shaw said she documented the “hidden hours” that standardized testing takes from students and teachers and asked…
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