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Parent questions consistency and purpose of new quarterly assessments in Hamilton County Schools
Summary
A parent at the Hamilton County Board of Education work session said district-created quarterly assessments are causing confusion about whether they are mandatory, who decides to use them, whether they count as a grade, and whether they repeat the benchmarks the board recently voted to eliminate.
A parent and longtime Hamilton County Schools participant raised concerns about new district quarterly assessments during the work session, asking whether the district’s plan would increase testing and reduce teacher autonomy.
Tammy Barnes, who said she has three sons in the district, told the board she was concerned the quarterly assessments being created by district…
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