By Linda Borg
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City Council's education committee is asking the Rhode Island Department of Education to abandon using the New England Common Assessment Program as a requirement for high school graduation.
In a resolution to be submitted before the City Council, the committee's chair, Sam Zurier, calls the state test "unfair" because it doesn't allow some children "a reasonable chance to succeed, and imposes devastating consequences on many children who,
through no fault of their own, are not ready to achieve the required test scores."
The letter asks the education department to reconsider the "high-stakes testing" policy, which would take effect with this year's juniors.