N.J. is among coalition of states awarded Race to the Top funds to assess standardized tests

Star Ledger ^ | 9/2/10 | Jessica Calefati

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TRENTON — The U.S. Department of Education today awarded a total of $330 million to two coalitions of states — both of which include New Jersey — to create a new generation of standardized tests that will assess national standards for what students should learn in school.

The U.S. DOE is awarding funding for the new assessments through its $4.35 billion Race to the Top competition. The federal government awarded nearly all of its Race to the Top funding through an education reform competition that New Jersey narrowly lost last week. But $425 million was left over to create better standardized tests.

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Christie's RINO colors are beginning to show. All this is, is an end run around State Rights. The FEDERAL government is now setting STATE STANDARDS.

Dumb people CHEER this. They want to believe they are getting some of their tax dollars back. Maybe they are but they are LOSING CONTROL of their EDUCAION STANDARDS for the STATE.

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New Jersey is already as left of Lenin as you can get. They are just now getting paid for it.

Abolish the Department of Education.