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Rep. Reilly reintroduces measure to give schools more flexibility in testing
RELEASE|February 7, 2019

State Representative John Reilly, of Oakland Township, has reintroduced a bipartisan measure he sponsored last term to allow local school districts to opt out of certain standardized testing.

“The multitude of federal and state assessments for each grade, especially in high school, are burdensome to our school districts,” Reilly said. “In the 11th grade alone, students are mandated to take the SAT, M-STEP, and WorkKeys assessments. We’re testing the same material, over and over, at the expense of precious learning time and at no value to students or parents.”

While the WorkKeys test is billed as an assessment of career readiness, critics say it tests nothing more than remedial algebra, reading comprehension and basic problem solving, making it unhelpful and duplicative of other exams.

“Oakland County school officials have unanimously indicated that they would not administer the WorkKeys test if given the option,” Reilly said. “We should lessen the burden of standardized exams on our schools and students.  If a school sees value in the exam, this legislation would not prohibit them from using it, but we should end this unnecessary and unwanted mandate.”

House Bill 4162 has been assigned to the House Education Committee.

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