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Testing commission favors ACT, but state not releasing final recommendations
By Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
The day before West Virginia lawmakers planned to start the 2016 session with anti-Common Core bills on their minds, the state schools superintendent’s Commission on Assessment again appeared ready to recommend replacing the current Smarter Balanced standardized tests with ones purchased from ACT.
But the state Department of Education,...
Deficit looms over Tomblin's final State of the State
By Phil Kabler, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
Legislators return today, for the second session of the 82nd Legislature, facing uncertainties over West Virginia’s severe budget deficit and control of the Senate.
The 60-day session convenes at noon, and will be highlighted by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s sixth, and presumably final, State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at 7 p.m....
Balance of WV Senate in hands of Supreme Court
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All parties have now weighed in on the state Senate replacement controversy and are now awaiting a decision from the state Supreme Court with the beginning of the 60-day legislative session set for Wednesday at noon.
The Supreme Court’s deadline passed with a total of 12 legal filings in the case since last Friday, eight of them were filed Tuesday just before...
House Democrats outline priorities for session
By Carrie Hodousek, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Democrats in the House of Delegates say they promise to protect West Virginia workers, to protect public education, to fight forced pooling and to fix the Public Employees Insurance Agency during the upcoming regular legislative session.
The House Democratic Caucus met Tuesday at the state Capitol to discuss their priorities with reporters.
House...
Testing panel eyes ACT
By Ryann Quinn, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
One day before West Virginia lawmakers start their annual regular session Wednesday, a group formed to consider statewide standardized testing might make its final recommendations on big changes to the exams.
At its second meeting last week, most members of state schools Superintendent Michael Martirano’s Commission on Assessment said they wanted to move away from West Virginia’s existing...