Terry Stoops Weighs In On Education Plan NC To Submit To Feds

The debate over testing, accountability, and student achievement is continuing, this time in the context of the education plan the state Board of Education will vote on Thursday. From the News & Observer:

Multiple drafts have been submitted to the state board to try to meet the Sept. 18 deadline for submitting a plan to the U.S. Department of Education. Board members and advisers expressed their frustration at the plan at the August meeting, saying it represented the status quo.

“Any sort of federal educational initiative is not going to be transformative,” he said. “This is not any different. Any idea that North Carolina was going to craft an ESSA plan that was radically going to transform education was silly.”