Posted on 04/19/2002 5:41:00 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:35:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
California's largest teachers union is pushing to dismantle the state's system for testing students, ranking schools and enforcing accountability -- linchpins in the multibillion-dollar academic reforms of recent years.
Legislation sponsored by the California Teachers Association would create a new state testing program, controlled by teachers, and would kill plans to require high school students to pass an exit examination before receiving a diploma.
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