The goals are great, as are the resources. But the new focus risks perpetuating some problems with testing and misses a chance to do more with poor kids in early grades.
Don't just tweak the tests, advises this former Seattle School Board member. The new state schools chief should shift dramatically to a more content-based tests.
In an unusually blunt assessment, the board says its academic-performance goals, particularly for disadvantaged students, "are not on track to be met."