A Common Core test bill that may be heard in the Louisiana Legislature on Monday morning is so broad it would trigger “academic chaos” in Louisiana’s public school system, according to an internal memorandum prepared for top officials of the state Department of Education.
The legislation, while aimed at the Common Core test known as PARCC, also would jeopardize the administration of the college readiness test the ACT, an assessment for college credit called Advanced Placement and numerous other exams, a two-page memo sent to state Superintendent of Education John White says.
The measure would leave teachers in the dark about which tests would be given yearly, cripple efforts to aid students in advance of the quizzes and torpedo efforts by local school districts to align curricula to tests, wrote Bill Morrison, assistant superintendent for the department’s Office of Assessment.
“It would create academic chaos in 2014 and potentially in future years as well,” Morrison’s memo says.
Common Core bill could spark ‘chaos’ | Columnists | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA
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