Claim: Pending a federal waiver, the 2013 Legislature "eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8."
Fact-check: Legislator's claim overstates sought reduction in tests for elementary and middle school students
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2013-09-12T00:00:00