tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post5091180204886804720..comments2024-03-29T09:58:35.640-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Reaction To The Regents Recommendations On Common Core And APPR Teacher Evaluations (UPDATED - 6:00 PM)reality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-69646481117135797432014-02-11T18:12:32.516-05:002014-02-11T18:12:32.516-05:00Sheriff Andy, being the biggest sociopath of the N...Sheriff Andy, being the biggest sociopath of the NY bunch, and the alpha male to boot, has already declared anybody who doesn't do it his way, he'll make them change their minds:<br /><br />http://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.com/2013/12/andrew-cuomo-allegedly-goes-corleone-on.htmlreality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-48480180858353878852014-02-11T04:49:53.926-05:002014-02-11T04:49:53.926-05:00Let the predators fight among themselves, rather t...Let the predators fight among themselves, rather than attack us.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-66100092641307105512014-02-10T19:55:53.588-05:002014-02-10T19:55:53.588-05:00Yeah, the editorial boards are going to back Sheri...Yeah, the editorial boards are going to back Sheriff Andy up on this.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-11611823902819214132014-02-10T19:51:02.433-05:002014-02-10T19:51:02.433-05:00I'd love to know how this will effect elementa...I'd love to know how this will effect elementary teachers and teachers of non-core subject areas. I agree with Michael that this is good news. "Slowing down" might just mean, "We are sick of dealing with this and we just want to see it die slowly". The NYC rag newspapers are going to have a field day with this in the morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-52160024738344273752014-02-10T19:09:23.021-05:002014-02-10T19:09:23.021-05:00Yeah, I think they're mucking things up pretty...Yeah, I think they're mucking things up pretty bad here. It's change, sure, but it's as ill-conceived and prepared for as the original reform agenda. We'll see more modifications sooner than anybody thinks because these changes they announced today are going to create even more complications.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-65701681139234048852014-02-10T19:07:41.573-05:002014-02-10T19:07:41.573-05:00Here's my question - they've been rolling ...Here's my question - they've been rolling out CCSS curriculum and modules, giving 9th graders the option of either the Regents or the CCSS test (or both) - but you can't play Solomon with this. The curricula are different for each - students have to be either prepped for the Regents or the CCSS test is what I have been told by math teachers. Trying to prep them for both is almost impossible. As for ELA, the Regents exam remains pretty "lit-based." But with all the informational text we've been slinging on them, they're looking at the poetry and sci-fi the Regents gave them this year and been like "Huh?"<br /><br />It's a mess and I agree with you Michael, it looks like it will die a death of a thousand cuts. That's what Cuomo seemed to be reacting to. Don't be surprised if he doesn't jet into this now because he is pissed they're screwing with his APPR teacher evaluation system. That he's willing to go to the mattresses on.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-34691484682432498852014-02-10T19:07:23.802-05:002014-02-10T19:07:23.802-05:00As recently as last week, one of the "Kens&qu...As recently as last week, one of the "Kens" at NYSED was telling a room full of people that the Regents board was considering the 75 on English proficient, in other words, an acceptable score for community college admission, and the 65 for graduation only, but perhaps not acceptable for community college. It was also noted that next year's juniors will take one of the tests, and depending on the curriculum in which they are enrolled, they will take either the "right" test or the "wrong" test. He was cryptic but clearly meant the "right" test to be the Cuomocore version. This class of 2022 change sure creates a complication. I'll be interested to know what it all means. By the way, they were anything but desperate sounding in Albany last week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-78840368754212425452014-02-10T18:57:56.802-05:002014-02-10T18:57:56.802-05:00The press release says the Class of 2022 will be t...The press release says the Class of 2022 will be taking CCSS-based Regents exams, so that would be students entering ninth grade in 2018.<br /><br />While I much prefer to see explicit repudiation of the Common Core once and for all, I think that in the end this will means it dies a death by a thousand cuts. the Regents are hoping this will quell resistance, as Cuomo does with his commission, but I don't think that's likely.<br /><br />I take this as good news, a sign that we may be entering a new period where the nastiness that's come down the pike in the past decade is running its course, and will increasingly be on life support in the face of widespread opposition by the true stakeholders.<br /><br />Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-15459498292526645022014-02-10T18:51:21.126-05:002014-02-10T18:51:21.126-05:00Still poring through stuff myself. My sense is, t...Still poring through stuff myself. My sense is, they're feeling some measure of desperation up there:<br /><br />http://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.com/2014/02/regents-say-theyre-feeling-pressure.htmlreality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-14777355256138566202014-02-10T18:50:26.207-05:002014-02-10T18:50:26.207-05:00It means the local measurements of student learnin...It means the local measurements of student learning may be up in the air. Can't say that it means anything for the observations, although as far as I know, that can be changed with a new contract agreement (and I suspect it will be.) The 2022 deadline is a mess. Hard to say what tests students will be taking. Will the Regents exams still disappear on the timeline they had outlined previously? Or will students have the option to take either the old Regents exam or the new CCSS exam? Or both? It's a mess. Clearly they have no idea what to do - they were overwhelmed by the public outrage over the reforms and they reacted - but the changes announced are half-baked at best and seem to satisfy no one except for the legislature (since it means they don't have to do anything themselves...)reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-22004255225203683322014-02-10T18:36:40.360-05:002014-02-10T18:36:40.360-05:00Anon 6:23 beat me to it with the questions I was g...Anon 6:23 beat me to it with the questions I was going to ask. Just got home and saw this. Will be doing my own research but looking forward to your take on the above questions. Thank you for all that you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-21680575481261195472014-02-10T18:23:28.124-05:002014-02-10T18:23:28.124-05:00We look forward to your thoughts on this breaking ...We look forward to your thoughts on this breaking story. I can't really figure out what it means. 2022? That is 8 years from now. Does that mean that there will be no testing other than regents in NY state? What does this mean for evaluations? (Local measures only?) Does this mean that the required number of formal/informal observations may be changed yet again? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com