Schools Prepare for First-Ever Online Standardized Test
In about five weeks, California public school kids will take the state's first-ever online standardized exam. It's only a practice test, but the assessment will measure student learning based on new academic standards called Common Core. Experts say this "testing of the test" will reveal whether the state's public school system can handle 6 million students using computers, laptops or tablets to answer questions.
How Covered California's Outreach to Latinos is Falling Short
California leads the nation in enrolling Latinos into health care plans -- but sign-ups are still falling far short of the goal. Officials with Covered California, the state's marketplace for health insurance, are scrambling to figure out where they went wrong. We find out why a shortage of Spanish-speaking counselors could have negative consequences for everyone else buying health insurance.