If seeing is believing, this school year may win over teachers and parents who remain skeptical about whether standardized test-taking is really starting to play a smaller role in public education.
Next spring, Kansas students will spend 60 percent less time on state tests, the state education department estimates.
Instead of devoting up to a combined 11 hours for math and English tests, the department says those subjects should take four hours or less. Science previously took up to three hours but will shrink to two hours or ...