State declines leadership role in designing new standardized tests
Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
California will be a passenger, not a driver, among states moving forward with the next generation of standardized tests that will likely replace California Standards Tests and other states’ exams. Without public discussion or explanation, state officials have chosen one of two consortia that are in the running for a piece of the $320 million that the Obama administration has set aside to design new tests. It will probably split the money between the two. California joined 25 other states in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers or PARCC as a participating, not a governing state. (more...)



