State Board Archives – Page 7 of 7

May 10, 2013May 14, 2013
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Common Core tests, new science standards trump API changes at SBE’s May meeting

Closing the Achievement Gap

An update on assessments being developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium showed progress on test development including the conducting of cognitive labs, small-scale trials and the almost completed assessment pilot to ensure validity of the tests for 2014-15. The process is also validating methods of special presentation styles for special needs students. Next to come is the one-year public field test of the system to develop customer familiarity.

March 20, 2013
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SBE applauds boldness of unique 9-district NCLB waiver request

Closing the Achievement Gap

The State Board of Education last week agreed to draft a formal comment for federal officials to consider when they rule on an unusual request from a consortium of nine California school districts to receive a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements. The unified […]

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013
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SBE: The API’s future prompts deep discussion of what is, and what can be

Effective Governance

By Teri Burns, Senior Director for Policy and Programs The two-day March State Board of Education meeting this week included a number of agendized action and information items, but the most interesting conversation came about unscripted, as part of what might have been a relatively simple […]