Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2016 5:49:38 GMT -6
State lawmakers who’ve previously pushed for repealing West Virginia’s math and English language arts K-12 education standards have filed another bill to do so, this one with House Education Committee Chairman Paul Espinosa and House Majority Leader Daryl Cowles as co-sponsors.
House Bill 4014, which Espinosa called a “starting point” that could see changes, currently would mandate that the state revert back to its pre-Common Core standards next school year and would require statewide standardized tests next school year to be aligned to those old standards. The state currently uses Common Core-aligned Smarter Balanced tests.
By the 2017-18 school year, the bill also would require the state Board of Education to develop and adopt new or revised standards and have statewide tests aligned to them. The bill wouldn’t bar the state school board from adopting standards that “may coincidentally align with a Common Core State Standard.”
At a roughly hour-long public hearing on the bill Thursday morning, teachers union presidents and officials from the state Higher Education Policy Commission and West Virginia University were among those who spoke in opposition. Angie Summers, of WV Against Common Core, and others spoke in favor of the bill, but there were again little to no criticisms of specific standards — part of the public Common Core debate that is continually lacking despite education officials’ requests for what exactly people are opposed to.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160204/wv-house-leaders-sponsoring-common-core-repeal-bill
House Bill 4014, which Espinosa called a “starting point” that could see changes, currently would mandate that the state revert back to its pre-Common Core standards next school year and would require statewide standardized tests next school year to be aligned to those old standards. The state currently uses Common Core-aligned Smarter Balanced tests.
By the 2017-18 school year, the bill also would require the state Board of Education to develop and adopt new or revised standards and have statewide tests aligned to them. The bill wouldn’t bar the state school board from adopting standards that “may coincidentally align with a Common Core State Standard.”
At a roughly hour-long public hearing on the bill Thursday morning, teachers union presidents and officials from the state Higher Education Policy Commission and West Virginia University were among those who spoke in opposition. Angie Summers, of WV Against Common Core, and others spoke in favor of the bill, but there were again little to no criticisms of specific standards — part of the public Common Core debate that is continually lacking despite education officials’ requests for what exactly people are opposed to.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160204/wv-house-leaders-sponsoring-common-core-repeal-bill