Senate gives key approval to bill that would change state education accountability systemBy Diette Courrégé (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, May 15, 2008
South Carolina is another step closer to changing the standardized tests given to public school students and revamping its accountability system. The Senate gave unanimous second-reading approval to a bill that would accomplish those goals, and lawmakers are expected to give it a routine third reading. The legislation then would return to the House because of changes made by the Senate. The Senate bill requires that the state replace the state Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test by 2009, but the House bill delays that replacement by one year. "I hope the House will see that we don't need another year of PACT before we start using something that works better," said state Education Superintendent Jim Rex in a statement Read more in tomorrow's Post and Courier. |
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