Schools Fewer Tests, Englewood, USA
High Plains Elementary School teacher Jennifer Williford, center, works with Colette Jackson, 11, and Skyler Matteson, 10, right, on a computer project in her fifth grade class at the school in Englewood, Colo. Colorado has long debated the standardized tests it gives schoolchildren. Now state officials are talking about a dramatic answer to standardized tests in many grades _ none of the above. State lawmakers are expected to consider joining other states in turning away from testing requirements except for those required by the federal government