Among the most contentious of the Obama rules was one that required schools to test at least 95 percent of their students. PhotoAdvertisement Continue reading the main storyThere were some good reasons for such a policy. “The regulations were an overreach,” said Robert Schaeffer, the public education director of FairTest, a group that fights standardized testing. The National Council of La Raza was part of a coalition of civil rights and business groups that supported the Obama regulations. “They want clarity on what they need to submit.”Many states had already done the work needed to comply with the Obama administration’s rules.

Source: New York Times March 09, 2017 20:15 UTC