California Legislator Would Ban School IDs Reflecting Test Performance

The Orange County (CA) Register (1/13, Martindale) reports that California Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D) has introduced legislation to ban state schools "from issuing ID cards and other items that reflect students' classroom performance" after an Anaheim school generated controversy with such an incentive program last year. "The 2-year-old program – which featured a separate lunch line, raffles and campus discounts for students in the top two tiers – was largely dismantled by the Anaheim Union High School District after the Register reported on it in fall 2011. Under AB 1166, school districts would be prohibited from including any information about a student's standardized test scores or 'course grades' on school-issued ID cards or 'any other object that a pupil is required or encouraged by school officials to carry.'"