Schools Chancellor David Banks said Thursday that schools spend “too much time” on standardized tests — and should focus more on “real things.”
Banks told students and teachers at an unrelated New York State Education Department conference on Thursday he’ll be making “efforts” in the space.
“If you ask me my personal opinion, I think exams are important, but I don’t think that they are everything,” said Banks, “and I certainly don’t think that they should be playing the outsized role that they play.”
State exams were canceled in 2020, and roughly 80 percent of third through eighth-graders did not take the annual tests last
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