ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland senators say the state should wait to use student testing data to make decisions on teachers’ jobs until the Common Core standards are solidly established.

The Senate passed a measure Thursday that postpones use of these tests for teacher evaluations until the 2016-17 school year. Sean Johnson of the Maryland State Education Association says the delay would ease educators’ minds.

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