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Update: Reynolds Signs Bill Changing Iowa’s Statewide Assessment Developer

April 18, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart Leave a Comment

Update: Reynolds Signs Bill Changing Iowa’s Statewide Assessment Developer

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bipartisan bill rejecting the Iowa Department of Education’s choice for a statewide assessment in favor of one developed by the University of Iowa’s Iowa Testing Program.

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: AIR, Herman Quirmbach, HF 2235, Iowa Assessment Task Force, Iowa Assessments, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa House, Iowa Senate, Iowa Testing Program, Kim Reynolds, Mark Chelgren, Mark Lofgren, Mary Mascher, Matt McCoy, Rita Hart, Sandy Salmon, SF 240, University of Iowa

Bill Overriding Iowa Department of Education’s Assessment Choice Advances

February 1, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Bill Overriding Iowa Department of Education’s Assessment Choice Advances

A bill, HSB 578, making the University of Iowa’s Iowa Testing Programs the vendor who develops and administers Iowa’s statewide student assessment passed the Iowa House Education Committee 21 to 1.

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: AIR, American Institutes for Research, Common Core State Standards, HF 240, HSB 578, Iowa Assessments, Iowa Core, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa House, Iowa House Education Committee, Iowa State Board of Education, Pearson, Sandy Salmon, student data privacy, Terry Branstad, Walt Rogers

Five Concerns About Iowa’s ESSA Accountability Plan

October 11, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Five Concerns About Iowa’s ESSA Accountability Plan

Shane Vander Hart shares five primary concerns he has about the final draft of Iowa’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability plan.

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: achievement gap, ACT, Annual Yearly Progress, assessment opt-out, Common Core, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Every Student Succeeds Act, Iowa academic standards, Iowa Assessments, Iowa Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, student achievement, U.S. Department of Education

After Adopting Smarter Balanced, Iowa Looks for a New Assessment

June 26, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

After Adopting Smarter Balanced, Iowa Looks for a New Assessment

After the Iowa State Board of Education had adopted Smarter Balanced, a new law required the Department of Education to issue an RFP for a new assessment.

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Every Student Succeeds Act, Iowa Assessments, Iowa Department of Administrative Services, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Legislature, Next Generation Iowa Assessments, Ryan Wise, SF 240, Smarter Balanced

Brad Zaun Introduces Common Core Rollback Bill in Iowa Senate

February 10, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Brad Zaun Introduces Common Core Rollback Bill in Iowa Senate

(Des Moines, IA) State Senator Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale) introduced SF 2123 which would effectively rollback the Common Core State Standards in Iowa. The bill would focus on graduation requirements and helping student have a graduation plan.  It also rollback Iowa’s state academic standards to what the Iowa Core consisted of in 2006 prior to the […]

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Amy Sinclair, Bill Anderson, Brad Zaun, Common Core State Standards, Dennis Guth, Iowa Assessments, Jake Chapman, Jerry Behn, Joni Ernst, Ken Rozeboom, Mark Chelgren, Mark Segebart, Michael Breitbach, Randy Feenstra, Rick Bertrand, Senate Education Committee, SF 2123

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