tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post7869943978412698167..comments2024-03-28T02:32:33.019-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: On Long Island And Elsewhere, A Repeat Surge Of Opt Outs For State Math Examsreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-46794517507703783592015-04-23T11:22:09.690-04:002015-04-23T11:22:09.690-04:00Cuomo, Flanagan and Tisch and their attack squads ...Cuomo, Flanagan and Tisch and their attack squads are whistling into the wind. The parents have spoken about what they think of all this excessive testing. Opt out numbers will only grow in future years.<br /><br />The Cuomo/Flanagan/Tisch evaluation plan is doomed to fail. A friend who is a superintendent participated in a legal conference yesterday with other superintendents and school board presidents. The attorney that gave the conference represents dozens of Long Island and Westchester districts. The bottom line to it all was that the whole law is a mess, loose threads abound and no one has any answers. Districts will be jammed up by the law and it is going to create a whole host of problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-7552064725775173592015-04-23T10:01:29.686-04:002015-04-23T10:01:29.686-04:00It's soul-satisfying to think of the sweaty li...It's soul-satisfying to think of the sweaty liver-chewing that's taking place at the Gates, Broad, Walton and other so-called education reform malanthropies, TFA, the federal DOE and all the astroturf and fifth columnist organizations they've spawned.<br /><br />They'd better start worrying about whether the all-testing-all-the-time gravy train is going to end. There may come a time in the not-too-distant-future when the host will finally reject these parasites, and they'll be forced to "go on to better things."Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-78293382310745245912015-04-23T09:50:44.658-04:002015-04-23T09:50:44.658-04:00The biggest problem with not getting even higher o...The biggest problem with not getting even higher opt-out numbers is that a great number of parents don't understand what the test is about.<br /><br />I was speaking with a neighbor last week and asked him if his 5th and 6th graders were going to take the tests. He said that of course they were taking the test. "I need to see how well they are doing and if they will pass!"<br /><br />I let him know how the results are reported to the parent, when they are reported and that they never get to see which answers they got right or wrong. I even gave him NYSAPE info.<br /><br />The night before the ELA testing started he put together the opt-out letters as did several other neighbors who have children in those grades.<br /><br />Many Many parents just don't understand what is really going on here but with word of mouth the numbers will grow next year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com