BROWN IGNORES FEDERAL THREATS, SIGNS BILL DUMPING STAR TESTS AND SETS UP TRIAL OF NEW EXAMS

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10/2/13  ::  Ignoring a threat from the U.S. Department of Education to withhold federal funds from schools, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a bill to create a new testing regimen for K-12 schools and to allow them to abandon the STAR tests that have been the pillar of California's school accountability system for a decade and a half.

• Sharon Noguchi in the San Jose Mercury
• David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$
• Kimberly Beltran SI&A Cabinet Report