CDE has some 40 forms that will hopefully be phased out over the coming years. There is a five to six year timeline for this. State Testing Update Les Axelrod Les highlighted the July 31st memo update on standards and assessment. HumRRO made a major recommendation to delay implementation of HSEE for a few years. The HSEE is ready for implementation.
First date is for language and the second date is for math.
There is a writing sample as part of this test. 10th graders must take the test and pass the test by 2004. There will be a public information campaign. Relative to physical fitness testing, districts that did not send 1998-99 physical fitness results to the CDE were sent a letter in June reminding them that participation is required and that all districts must report results as requested. 2000 Stanford 9 and California Standards Test results for all students were posted on the Internet on July 17th.