Parents slam state board’s proposal to triple number of annual standardized assessments for students: ‘We must keep testing at the absolute minimum’ – Chicago Tribune*

While the Illinois State Board of Education last week delayed their vote on the proposal, officials have not shelved what some say is an estimated $200 million plan that would replace the annual Illinois Assessment of Readiness for students in grades 3 through 8 during the next 10 years with three, interim assessments delivered in the fall, winter and spring of each school year.