The new law significantly reduces the legal authority of the education secretary, who is now legally barred from influencing state decisions
about academic benchmarks, such as the Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluations and other policies.
Not exact matches
But then it goes on to say something
about «modernizing the teaching force,
benchmarking academic standards, and aligning assessments and creating new models for math and science education.»
Zadeh said the current project, which involves a group of
about 20 Team members, looks for issues beyond reaching
academic readiness
benchmarks.
The standards were an attempt to raise expectations by establishing a new set of rigorous K - 12
academic benchmarks, and the CAP analysis underscored the need for more rigorous standards, Read more
about Do Schools Challenge Our Students Now?