NY’s 3-8 state test results have arrived
The New York State Education department has released the results of the 2015 ELA and math tests for grades three through eight. From the release: “The State Education Department today released the...
View ArticleFriday Rundown 8.1.14
The first round of test scores since Common Core’s implementation have been released. This prompted the State’s release of a parent “bill of rights” to clarify how the data could be used and privacy...
View ArticleFriday Rundown 7.25.14
Schools are thinking outside of the box to try to offer the best to their students. Districts have been faced with funding challenges and state and national mandates that have made it difficult to...
View ArticleThursday Rundown 7.3.14
Happy holiday weekend! Starting with the national news, in the spirit of the Fourth of July, the nation’s top education headlines include: Global competitiveness, Common Core, standardized testing and...
View ArticleNY principals: “When guessing gets you to pass, a test measures close to...
Via Washington Post: Two New York principals are out to prove that new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core Learning Standards are not helping to show which students are college and career...
View ArticleFriday Rundown: 6.27.14
School may be out for summer, but there’s a lot happening right now in the world of education. With high school graduations happening this week and next around the state, it seems like a great time to...
View ArticleNYSUT issues vote of ‘no confidence’ against King
Via Kristen Brown: Over the weekend, NYSUT issued a vote of ‘no confidence’ in State Education Commissioner John King and called for his removal by the state Board of Regents. The move hardly comes as...
View ArticleLiu: Superintendents worried about how much data New York wants on students
New York is “squeezing” school districts to collect and hand over an unprecedented amount of private data on students and their families, a contingent of Hudson Valley superintendents recently told the...
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