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Urban school systems in the US give too many tests, says a new study.
新的研究表明，在美国城市学校考试次数太多
A group of 68 of the largest urban public school systems in the U.S. calls itself the Council of Great City Schools. It released a new study in October that looked at school testing in 66 urban school districts.
美国最大的几所城市组成的68个公立学校系统，他们自称大城市学校理事会。10 月他们的最新研究发布，调查内容是66城市学区的学校学生的测验成绩。
The study found that Grade 8 students in the 2014-2015 school year spent an average of 4.2 days, or 2.3 percent of school time, taking tests. Grade 8 had the most testing time of any grade.
研究发现，2014年-2015 年学年期间，8年级学生利用平均 4.2天或者说2.3%的学校时间，用来参加考试。8年级是所有年级中考试最多的。
The report said that schools gave too many tests in the same subject. Students had to show how much they had learned again and again.
报告反映，学校在同一科目教学过程中，设置了太多次考试。学生们必须一遍又一遍回顾自己已经学过的东西
Often, schools did not receive test results until months later. When test results arrived, schools could not make timely changes to the curriculum to improve learning.
通常情况下，学校都是在几个月后才收到测试结果。测试结果出来的时候，学校无法及时改变学校的课程以提高学习效率。
Also, the report found that the majority of tests did not align with educational standards. The tests gathered information about how the students were doing. But it was unclear that the tests measured if students had the skills to succeed in college or a career.
此外，该报告发现绝大多数考试其实并不符合教育标准中的规定。因为报告中收集了有关学生们是如何完成考试的。目前还不清楚如此大的考试量，能否提高学生进入大学或者职场以后的能力
The result, the report says, is an illogical system of national testing. The system does not seem to be well planned.
因此，报告中得出的结论是，现有的考试体制根本不和逻辑，而且缺乏计划性
Historically, local and state governments have been responsible for schooling. In the 1990s, educators and politicians demanded that the federal government step in. They asked that state and local governments agree to education standards. Some schools in some states and cities were not doing well.
长久以来，一直是由地方和国家政府学校教育。在上世纪 90 年代起，教育家和政治家都要求联邦政府插手管理教育。他们要求国家和地方政府同意建立的教育标准。但是，在某些州和城市的某些学校这项规定一直推行的不是很好。
President Obama said he did not remember how teachers prepared him to take a test. Instead, he remembers how they prepared him to explore the world around him.
奥巴马表示他不记得自己以前的老师教过自己如何准备测试。相反，只记得老师是如何教育他对周围的世界进行思考的。
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