HB 48 is a bipartisan bill that would eliminate statewide standardized testing, “except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant.”
The next step would be to adopt norm-referenced, preferably nationally normed, tests that would allow North Carolinians to compare the performance of our public school students to their counterparts in other states. Yet, this monumental change requires the state to start with a clean slate. HB begins that process.
Kudos to Representatives Holloway, Blackwell, Hilton, Cotham, and the long list of co-sponsors of HB 48.
