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CPS overhauls standardized testing amid COVID academic gap concerns

By Kennedy Hayes
Updated  July 30, 2021 9:12am CDT
Chicago Public Schools
FOX 32 Chicago

Chicago will overhaul standardized testing

A change comes to standardized testing in Chicago Public schools; CPS will drop math and reading tests that have been a key district accountability measure for educators and schools.

CHICAGO - A change is coming to standardized testing in Chicago Public Schools.

CPS will drop math and reading tests due to concerns over how to measure the COVID-19 academic gap.  

Both tests have been a key district accountability measure for educators and schools. 

CPS says schools will be allowed to opt into two new assessments to gauge academic gaps. 

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The Measure of Academic Progress, or MAP, math and reading tests have been administered since 2013.

The test changes come as students return to in-person learning this fall.

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