College and Career Readiness Act of 2010

SB604 / Crossfiled as Not Crossfiled (2010)

Requiring specified State agencies to adopt a definition of college and career readiness; requiring the adoption of a common assessment and benchmarks to show progress toward college readiness; requiring strategies and curricula to be developed and implemented to ensure students are college ready and are successful in college; etc.

MASC Position:	Against
Why?	This is a PROPOSED stance. Not yet approved This unfunded mandate would force MSDE to develop benchmark standards for students preK-12 to assess college readiness. There are many problems with this. First of all, how can you measure college readiness in young children when kids develop at different rates and in different ways? This would push the education of young children further from an art and more towards a science which just is not right. Children are not plants, water+soil+sunlight does not equal educated child. It is a much more complicated formula. Also, the bills mandates some form of standardized assessment to determine college readiness. Where would the money come from for this? The purpose of our public schools is not to simply prepare students for college, it is to give students the skills, knowlege, and talent necessary to be productive workers, good citizens, and men and women of strong character. College readiness is a part of this, but not whole thing.
Sponsors:	Currie, Dyson, Kasemeyer, and Munson
More Info:	Bill Status and Full Text on MLIS Email the MASC Bill Coordinator
Hearing Date:	2010-03-17 01:00:00 (Listed in MASC System; Confirm Here)

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Updated: Sun 28 Feb 2010 7:40 p.m.