(CALIFORNIA GLOBE) – In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they will not release statewide student test scores until after the November election.
“In a significant departure, the California Department of Education is withholding the release of the results of the Smarter Balanced tests that students took last spring until an undetermined date later this year,” EdSource reported Thursday. “The result will be a months-long delay before the public can view results in English language arts, math and science for the state, districts, schools and charter schools.”
“The fact that the department is not willing to publish now suggests that scores will be lower and the current state superintendent does not want to be held accountable for the results,” Lance Christensen, candidate for California Superintendent of Public Instruction told the Globe Friday.
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