Colorado's Democratic Senators Mark Udall and along with Democratic Congressman Jared Polis have once again introduced legislation to boosts schools standards and systems to track student performance.
The Growth to Excellence Act of 2013 aims to ensure that students are college and career ready by the time they graduate from high school. Similar measures have failed in previous years.
says the legislation is modeled after Colorado鈥檚 program for measuring students鈥� academic growth year over year. 鈥淚t would give states more flexibility in measuring student achievement, and ensure that children do not fall through the cracks,鈥� .
has been recognized nationally as a working reform to , the current standard for tracking student growth.
says each state would be able to customize their program.
"This legislation will hold all states to the rigorous academic standards similar to those used in Colorado, while also allowing states to build upon their accountability systems to meet their individual states' needs,鈥� .
The Growth to Excellence Act of 2013 would amend federal school standards. Instead of assessing school performance solely at test times, the bill would measure school performance to its students' growth over time to ensure they are academically ready for graduation.
