Comments on: California testing reprieve http://LDBlog.com/2006/02/01/california-testing-reprieve/ News, commentary, and resources about Learning Disabilities Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: lizditz http://LDBlog.com/2006/02/01/california-testing-reprieve/#comment-558 lizditz Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:48:06 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/2006/02/01/california-testing-reprieve/#comment-558 Hi John, I am still thinking about the "LDs 101 for media" idea--too many other things on the burner this very second. Here's breaking news I heard on a reputable talk show yesterday "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Monday that gives special education students who are on track to graduate from high school this year an exemption from having to pass the state's fledgling exit exam. Senate Bill 517 establishes a one-year exemption to the exam but applies only to the estimated 25,000 high school seniors with disabilities who otherwise would qualify to graduate in June. That still leaves as many as 75,000 high school seniors who will be unable to graduate because they have yet to pass the exit exam. Civil rights attorney Arturo Gonzalez, a partner at San Francisco’s biggest lawfirm Morrison & Foerster is bent on changing that grim reality. He is set to file a lawsuit on behalf of these 75,000 students next week against the California Department of Education which will seek diplomas for those students who passed their classes, but did not pass the exit exam." Dang. I was too late to archive the thing as a podcast. Interesting discussion on the realities of teaching and learning in California--and why kids may not be able to pass. One interesting question is that Gonzalez asserts that many working adults, even those with college degrees, may be unable to pass the test. I've asked Kimberly Swygert, my woman on testing issues, to comment. Hi John, I am still thinking about the “LDs 101 for media” idea–too many other things on the burner this very second.

Here’s breaking news I heard on a reputable talk show yesterday

“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Monday that gives special education students who are on track to graduate from high school this year an exemption from having to pass the state’s fledgling exit exam. Senate Bill 517 establishes a one-year exemption to the exam but applies only to the estimated 25,000 high school seniors with disabilities who otherwise would qualify to graduate in June. That still leaves as many as 75,000 high school seniors who will be unable to graduate because they have yet to pass the exit exam.

Civil rights attorney Arturo Gonzalez, a partner at San Francisco’s biggest lawfirm Morrison & Foerster is bent on changing that grim reality. He is set to file a lawsuit on behalf of these 75,000 students next week against the California Department of Education which will seek diplomas for those students who passed their classes, but did not pass the exit exam.”

Dang. I was too late to archive the thing as a podcast. Interesting discussion on the realities of teaching and learning in California–and why kids may not be able to pass.

One interesting question is that Gonzalez asserts that many working adults, even those with college degrees, may be unable to pass the test.

I’ve asked Kimberly Swygert, my woman on testing issues, to comment.

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