Todd is also the statewide leader on access to diplomas for special needs students, as well as fixing New York's
broken standardized testing system for public school students.
For example, because the state is adopting a
new standardized testing system, it didn't report English and math scores for 2013 - 14, and may not have figures from its first round of testing until after the 2015 - 16 LCAPs are due.
Jessica Tang, President of the Boston Teacher's Union, said the bill's supporters believe in high standards and accountability, but the
current standardized testing system is not working.
Submitting six times the required amount of signatures was a show of organizing strength designed to minimize Republicans, who submitted signatures to create a Stop Common Core party, hoping to capitalize on parental anxiety with
a standardized testing system.
As a teacher I'd be happy to be evaluated on
a standardized testing system that exists.
Iowa, Ohio, and North Carolina have also begun to establish complete CBL systems, and in total, 42 states are using competency - based measures in some form or fashion within their schools.5 While a full overhaul of
the standardized testing system may still be some time away, CBL has gained significant traction in a short amount of time and has some pretty strong proponents rallying support behind its innovative approach to education.
Brown has also called for an overhaul of the state's
standardized testing system, where the exam is reduced in scope and supplemented with assessments whose results would return much quicker throughout the year
The standardized testing system relies on punishing schools, teachers, and students that are «underperforming.»