BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker's endorsements of Massachusetts Republican State Committee candidates is stirring up some controversy within the party.
Steven Aylward, a conservative state committee member from Watertown, hasn't gotten Baker's backing, while his opponent for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex district seat, Neil St. Clair of Boston, says he has the governor's support. Aylward says Baker didn't respond to his request for an endorsement.
Here is an interesting dilemma. Common Core's writers planned for a grade 11 test that would tell us whether or not students were college and career ready. Parents and state legislators don't know who sets the cut score, what test items are on it, and what exactly a passing score on a college readiness test means, academically. Yet, all those who pass and enroll in a post-secondary educational institution are entitled to credit-bearing coursework in their freshman year.
So, why should most students wanting to go to a public college take a college admissions test, such as the ACT or SAT? No need to waste time and money for another — and unnecessary — test that is also "aligned to" Common Core, we are told.
