Virginia Education Reform Works Against Teaching To The Test

Published February 4, 2015 at 12:12 PM EST

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Education reform in Virginia aims to gear learning towards the students rather than teach to a test. (Tom Woodward/Flickr Creative Commons)

In Virginia, lawmakers are considering dramatic changes to the state’s education system.

Reformers say the idea is to cut down on the number of required standardized test students have to take.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network WAMU, Michael Pope tells us the idea is to work against teaching to the test because it is too much memorizing and not enough learning.

But critics warn against undermining a system that helps track student progress.

To read Pope’s full report click here.

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Michael Pope, reporter at WAMU. He tweets @MichaelLeePope.