Vote aims to reduce student testing ( Colorado - Common Core )

Daily Sentinel ^ | February 4, 2015 | Emily Shockley

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State Board of Education members voted 5-2 Friday to support a bill that would break Colorado’s ties with Common Core and shrink testing requirements if passed.

Board Chair Marcia Neal of Grand Junction voted with fellow Republican board members Steve Durham, Pam Mazanec and Debora Scheffel, and Democrat Val Flores, to pass a resolution in support of House Bill 1125. Democrats Angelika Schroeder and Jane Goff voted against the resolution.

House Bill 1125 proposes repealing existing state law that binds Colorado to a consortium of states that test students using Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests, which were developed to mirror Common Core English and math standards. The bill asks the State Board of Education to create new curriculum standards for Colorado and select three assessment systems districts could use in place of PARCC English and math tests and Colorado Measures of Academic Success science and social studies tests. School districts would pick which of the three tests to use.

The bill also would roll back how often students take statewide tests

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House Bill 1105 takes Colorado out of the Common Core state consortium, allows parents and students to opt out of testing without punishment

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Normally I would assume women and minorities hardest hit.

I remember back in elementary school there were some semesters all we did was prepare to take ctbs tests. They were non stop.