Uncertainty grows over California standardized testing
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Second-grade teacher Vickie Boudouris goes over a worksheet in an English-learner summer school class at the Cordova Villa Elementary School in June, in Rancho Cordova, Calif.
The first day of school has come and gone in many California public schools, but one big question is still hanging over the year: will schools have to administer state standardized tests or not?
As school districts start ramping up for new national standards, the state's schools superintendent he wants to give them a one-year reprieve.
But only legislators can institute the moratorium - and wrangling in Sacramento has slowed down the bill.
So principals, teachers and superintendents are left up in the air.
"They’re asking what kind of support will be available for their staff, they’re asking what kind of materials, professional development, things that they’re used to when