Coming up in Committee: The Senate Education Committee Anti-Testing Agenda for Wednesday, March 26
1. Several bills intended to delay or prevent the use of standardized testing as a graduation requirement in Rhode Island public schools (S Education; Wed, Mar 26)…
- S2059: Prevents standardized testing from being used as a graduation requirement through the 2019 school year.
- S2135: Delays the use of the PARCC assessment until a 21-member “common core state standards evaluation commission” makes its report.
- S2185: Prevents a standardized assessment, and possibly any statewide assessment, from ever being used as a graduation requirement.