May Budget Revise
In-Depth
Read EdSource Today's detailed coverage of the Gov. Brown's budget revision for education
- Gov's funding formula maintained, plus $1B for Common Core
- Community colleges get boost
- Adult ed proposal revised
- Early ed advocates disappointed
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Assessment
In this section
Beginning in 1997, state policymakers in California acted aggressively to create and implement new standardized tests. Their goal was to create measures by which both students and schools can be held accountable for academic performance as defined by the state's new academic content standards. They also have made sure that the state's testing system complies with the federal government's expectations related to NCLB.



