From the governor's corner, officials say an API based on the Stanford 9 alone is better than twiddling thumbs until other criteria are available. And Davis has been anxious to fire the starting gun on his reforms, even if local officials are still looking for their tennis shoes. He prefers taking these things on and not talking to a lot of people about them. He's very calculating. Meanwhile, schools will be held accountable to high standards based on rigorous testing.
Local officials say it's frustrating to be left out of the process.
There's got to be a sense that everybody's working on these issues together and not that this is a political game.