5/11/2012 Group Watch: Call for Higher Education Standards
State School Superintendent Tommy Bice is recommending a complete overhaul of the state’s testing program. Bice says it is time to raise performance standards. His proposed changes include requiring higher minimum scores necessary for a student to pass and adding more components that consider more than multiple-choice questions. He says the state should not allow students to reach eighth grade before their weaknesses are identified and remedied. According to Bice, while students may be meeting expectations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the law does not always translate into success. Read more here.
