{
  "id": 15784348,
  "title": "Israel's education minister cancels standardized tests despite report backing reliability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/israels-education-minister-cancels-standardized-tests-despite-report",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T18:16:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-10-20/ty-article/.premium/education-minister-cancels-standardized-tests-despite-report-backing-reliability/000001a1-5992-dbe7-ade9-7bda3c3f0000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Yoav Kisch halted cooperation with the testing authority a week before the election, despite an external review he commissioned finding its exams reliable; critics accused him of trying to avoid poor results",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}