California Governor Attacks Test-Based Education Reform

Valerie Strauss writes at the Washington Post (10/10) "Answer Sheet" blog that in his statement accompanying a veto of "a bill that would have changed the state's accountability system for public schools," California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) sharply criticized "data-based school reform." Strauss adds that the bill "would have reduced reliance on standardized test scores to evaluate students and schools, but Brown called the legislation 'yet another siren song of school reform' and would do nothing to improve the quality of schools." Strauss adds that Brown has "gone further than any other governor in blasting modern test-based school reform."