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Why Obama is placing new limits on standardized testing Posted: 24 Oct 2015 02:32 PM PDT President Obama on Saturday introduced new federal guidelines to curb the emphasis on standardized testing in public schools, signaling a turnaround on a subject that has in recent years grown to new heights of contention. Mr. Obama is now calling for standardized testing to take up to 2 percent of class time, compared to the 2.3 percent now used by the average eighth-grader, reports The Associated Press.

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