103, 5/15/01] 103, 5/15/01] 2000: Voted for class-size reduction amendment (bill did not become law). [S.Amdt. 3604, H.R. 4577, Vote 148, 6/27/00] reduce class size. [H.R. 1036, Library of Congress, 5/10/01] class-size reduction amendment (bill did not become law). [S.Amdt. 3604, H.R. 4577, Vote 148, 6/27/00] Common Core No stated position. [New York Times, 3/25/15] In 2007, “Introduced Legislation To Create A Voluntary National Curriculum And Standards For Math And Science Education.” [Education Week, 3/3/15] Supported Common Core Standards. [USA Today, 2/26/15] Under O’Malley, Maryland was one of the first states to adopt common core. [CBS, 11/20/14] Under Chafee, Rhode Island began implementing common core. [Deborah Gist, Providence Journal, 2/22/15] Chafee generally distanced himself from the debate over common core. [Brown Daily Herald, 10/18/13] Testing Was “sympathetic that the test regime has become very burdensome in driving the education system.” [New York Times, 3/25/15] 2008: Supported rewarding entire schools, not individual teachers, based on test scores and other metrics. [Education Week, 3/3/15] 2007: Opposed the heavy use of testing under No Child Left Behind. [Education Week, 3/3/15] 2007: Opposed the heavy use of testing under No Child Left Behind. [YouTube, 12/26/07] 2014: Opposed a moratorium on state standardized tests. [Baltimore Sun, 1/14/14] 2010: Proposed broader use of standardized test scores to evaluate teachers. [Washington Post, 2/20/10] Introduced legislation to give states temporary reprieve from federal testing standards. [Washington Post, 3/21/07] 2014: Allowed a moratorium on the use of standardized tests as a graduation requirement in Rhode Island to become law, although he did not sign the bill. [Associated Press, 7/1/14] Support the use of standardized testing but backed down due to General Assembly opposition. [WPRI, 7/22/14] Free Community College Supported free community college plan. [Fusion, 4/14/15] Supported free community college plan. [The White House, YouTube, 4/11/15] Received the Champion For Maryland Community Colleges Award in 2014. [@GovernorOMalley, Twitter, 12/5/14] Supported free community college but thought it should go farther to include two free years of public college. [The Hill, 2/17/15] College affordability 2014: Said more needs to be done to make college more Supported Obama’s efforts to ease student loan Called for using federal aid and student loan policies Voted against Democratic-backed legislation to keep Supported free community college but thought it should 2014: Presided over three consecutive years of tuition