In Colo. District, Slate Seeks To Kill Pioneering Testing Program

By Ann Bradley

In Littleton, Colo., where educators have pioneered new performance assessments and standards for high school graduation, a slate of three candidates is running to take control of the school board and return to what the candidates call "traditional education.''

The race is one of the most significant of the local election contests set for Nov. 2, when voters across the country will pick school board members, vote on bond issues, and decide referendum questions on education-related issues.

In Nashua, N.H., members of the local teachers' union are fighting a referendum question that would give the city council final authority over all financial matters in collective-bargaining contracts negotiated...