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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 06:07 AM Feb 2015

Bipartisan Bill to Repeal Common Core is Proposed in Washington State

http://www.livingindialogue.com/bipartisan-bill-repeal-common-core-proposed-washington-state/



Yesterday, several hundred Washington parents, teachers and students rallied at the state capital in Olympia to protest high stakes tests. Some of the leaders of this rally later met with legislators ready to act to change the direction of the state educational system. We already see the result. At noon today, February 17, 2015, State Senator Maralyn Chase, a Democrat from Shoreline and State Senator Pam Roach, a Republican from Enumclaw, proposed Senate Bill 6030 in the Washington State Senate to repeal Common Core and SBAC and return to the prior Washington State Standards and Washington State test called the Measurement of Student Progress or MSP.

Washington state is not only the home of Bill Gates and Common Core, it is also the home of the notorious S-BAC Common Core test – a high stakes high failure rate test that has already announced that it will label two out of every three children who take it this spring to be “failures.” Despite these obstacles, in May 2014, the Washington State Republican Party passed a resolution to repeal Common Core and the SBAC test. Then in January 2015, the Washington State Democratic Party became the first State Democratic Party in the nation to pass a resolution opposing Common Core.

Cosponsoring this bill are Democratic Senators John McCoy from Marysville and Bob Hasegawa from Renton and Republican Senators Mark Miloscia from Federal Way, Mike Padden from Spokane and Brian Dansel from Republic. State Representative Elizabeth Scott announced that she will also file a Common Core repeal bill in the Washington State House of Representatives.
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Bipartisan Bill to Repeal Common Core is Proposed in Washington State (Original Post) eridani Feb 2015 OP
Do you have a link for the part about failing 2/3 of the kids? AllyCat Feb 2015 #1
Never mind. Found it. Ugh. AllyCat Feb 2015 #2
Do you know when this will be voted on? I will contact my Senators and let them know I support this liberal_at_heart Mar 2015 #3
Referred to Early Learing Senate Committee 2/18 eridani Mar 2015 #4

AllyCat

(17,108 posts)
1. Do you have a link for the part about failing 2/3 of the kids?
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:35 AM
Feb 2015

Talking to principal this week about opting out our kid and would love to have this information in hand. Thanks!

AllyCat

(17,108 posts)
2. Never mind. Found it. Ugh.
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:44 AM
Feb 2015
http://www.edweek.org/media/achievement-levels-and-scale-scores-final.pdf

Of course, kids will improve over time, as our teachers are fired for not having kids do well, school funding is cut more, and corporate schools move in.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
4. Referred to Early Learing Senate Committee 2/18
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 04:15 AM
Mar 2015
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6030&year=2015

Nothing has happened since--don't know if it was voted on in that committee. There is no companion House Bill yet.
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