AB 484 was sponsored by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and supported by Assembly and Senate leaders, businesses, school administrators, teachers, parents and, most importantly, students. It enables California to successfully transition to the next generation of school assessments. This bill suspends many of the statewide assessments beginning in 2013-14 and implements new assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English and math beginning in 2014-15.
“This is one of the most important and revolutionary changes to education policy, and California is the right state to lead the way. With this new law, our schools can move away from outdated STAR tests and prepare students and teachers for better assessments that reflect the real world knowledge needed for young people to succeed in college and careers,” said Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla (D-Concord).
“Supporting a transition plan for the new state assessment system is just common sense. Our current testing system is limited measuring only rote memorization of facts, but the new assessments will actually measure how students apply knowledge and solve complex problems,” said David Rattray, senior vice president of the education and workforce division at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. “As co-sponsors of this bill, we know that this is what the business community needs in order to have a trained and skilled workforce that will allow us to compete in a global market.”
“California now has the chance to allow more students and schools to get a chance to test drive these new, computer-based assessments, and we need to take advantage of that opportunity,” said State Board of Education President Michael Kirst.
Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla was first elected to the Assembly in November 2010, and represents California’s 14th Assembly District, which is comprised of the north and central portions of Contra Costa County and southern portion of Solano County.
Photo caption (attached): Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla with Governor Jerry Brown and State Superintendent Tom Torlakson at today’s signing ceremony for AB 484 (Bonilla), which moves California to new student testing system.
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The right state to lead the way down the wrong path, as usual. As a parent in CA I’m learning what parents in Texas already know, Common Core is awful.
These people, Torlakson, Bonilla and so on are the LAST people to have their fingers in this. Wake up folks.
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