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University of California will consider using Smarter Balanced exam scores for admissions

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By MIchael Burke
| Piedmont Exedra
This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Top Takeaways The University of California will explore whether to add a standardized exam as an admission requirement, with some faculty complaining that too many students are unprepared for college-level math. In addition to possibly reinstating the SAT and ACT, UC is considering a second option: using Smarter Balanced exams, the annual math and English tests given to 11th graders in California public schools.
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Newsom’s Final Education Budget, by the Numbers Original

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By John Fensterwald Verified, Zaidee Stavely Verified, Betty Marquez Rosales Verified, MIchael Burke, Diana Lambert Verified, Lasherica Thornton Verified, Emma Gallegos Verified, Yuxuan Xie
| The 74 Verified
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter In his eighth and final budget, the tax gods continued to smile upon Gov. Gavin Newsom, enabling him to cement funding for signature programs he started while salving grumbling districts that are wincing over the financial impacts of declining enrollment. If, as many predict, stock market turbulence tied to AI stock upends nearly a decade of rising revenues for schools, it won’t be on Newsom’s watch.
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Lawmakers try to ease pathway for community college bachelor’s degrees

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By MIchael Burke, Michael Burke
| Aol Verified
This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. It soon could become much easier for California community colleges to create new bachelor's degree programs. The state's community colleges, which primarily offer certificates and two-year associate degrees, are permitted to create bachelor's degrees that fill workforce needs, but existing law allows them to do so only if they don't duplicate what's offered at California's four-year universities.
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