Trump: Education Dept. will not enforce standardized testing requirements for K-12 students due to COVID-19
At Friday's White House coronavirus task force briefing, President Trump said the Department of Education will not enforce standardized testing requirements for elementary, middle and high school students for the current year because of the pandemic.
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DONALD TRUMP: With many schools closed due to the virus, the Department of Education will not enforce standardized testing requirements very importantly for students in elementary through high school for the current year. They've been through a lot. They've been going back and forth. Schools open. Schools not open. It's been all standardized testing.
And, you know, it's-- we're not going to be enforcing that. So I think you can let the people know. I think probably a lot of the students will be extremely happy. Some, probably not. The ones that work hard, maybe not. But it's one of those things. Unfortunate. Very unfortunate circumstance.
