Bill To Reduce Reliance On Student Testing Advances In California Legislature

The AP (5/30, Lin) reports that a bill to "make California schools less dependent on student testing" passed the California state Senate on Tuesday. "Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said the state's school accountability system is currently too narrow and relies too much on standardized testing. Under his bill, SB1458, student test scores would count for no more than 40 percent of a school's performance ranking, known as the Academic Performance Index." The piece notes that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has already vetoed a similar bill.