SB 48 passed the House Ed Committee.<\/p>\n
The good news is that both the Democrats and Republicans had ISSUES with the idea of ASSESSING student “dispositions”. That word was removed with an amendment.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately schools will be labeled “Priority” and “Focus” schools based upon the standardized assessment results, as opposed to the less politically correct language of “in need of improvement”.<\/p>\n
This means that if your students do not perform well on the standardized assessment that is ALIGNED TO COMMON CORE, your school could end up identified as a “Priority” or “Focus” school.<\/p>\n
If that happens, the STATE DOE steps in to remediate the school. This means putting together a plan to make sure the school is properly aligning WITH COMMON CORE.<\/p>\n
Nowhere do they call for ANY PARENTAL involvement in this process.<\/p>\n
Once again we have the schools responding to UNELECTED bureaucrats with NO involvement from the parents.<\/p>\n
Once again, schools are accountable to the State (DOE – unelected bureaucrats) who have agreed to implement Common Core without any legislative approval.<\/p>\n
It is IMPORTANT to contact YOUR State Reps and tell them to vote NO on SB 48. Tell them that you oppose cutting parents OUT of the ACCOUNTABILITY process. <\/p>\n