Students and staff react to end of STAR testing in California
As of today, students across California will no longer be required to take Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) exams.
Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 484 earlier today replacing standardized tests with Smarter Balanced Assessments, tests that follow the Common Core curriculum.
“Common Core questions are much more open-ended and take a lot of evaluation and analysis,” Principal Joe Bova said. “They definitely require higher level thinking skills than multiple choice tests.”