Joe Biden Pledges to Abolish Standardized Testing in Public Schools If Elected

Former Vice President Joe Biden greets the audience after the Democratic Presidential Debate at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 20, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Former Vice President Joe Biden indicated on Saturday that he would ban standardized testing in public schools if he were elected president.

Biden endorsed the idea of ending standardized testing in public schools when he was fielding questions at the MSNBC Public Education Forum, which featured seven of the 2020 Democratic primary contenders.