Jindal told reporters that he will back legislation that sets up a new process to adopt education standards using a panel of parents, educators and school leaders.
In the meantime, he said public schools will use grade-level expectations from 2004-05 and renew use of the LEAP and iLEAP exams that were employed for years to measure student achievement.
On a second front, the governor said he will back legislation that puts new restrictions on the ability of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to enter into contracts and other agreements with third parties.
That effort is aimed at derailing future contracts like the ones BESE and the state Department of Education are using now for Common Core tests that began on Monday.
A 19th Judicial District judge in August issued an injunction to lift the Jindal administration’s suspension of two state test contracts needed for the exams.
That ruling is being appealed.
