Showing posts with label Endless Testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Endless Testing. Show all posts
Monday, June 6, 2016

Cuomo Blames Regents For Problems He Caused

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Cuomo's just throwing everybody under the bus these days - this time it's the Board of Regents (following on his former aides, Perco...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Regents Exam Season Begins, But NYSUT Says The Scores Are Not In APPR (Even Though They Are!)

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You can see here the fun I had on twitter with an NYSUT hack over the APPR test score moratorium that isn't actually a moratorium since...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Here's An Emblem For What's Wrong With Education In The Reform Era

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It's also an emblem for how so little has changed from Bloomberg to de Blasio at the NYCDOE: Tom Porton is used to drama: Since arriv...
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Time For NYSUT To Take Real Steps To End The Endless Testing Regime

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This is cross-posted from New York Rank & File and it's in response to the propaganda NYSUT has been spewing forth about there bei...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Note To MaryEllen Elia, NY Pols And NY Press: Test Scores Are Still Part Of APPR Evaluations

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Keshia Clukey at Politico NY: ALBANY — As education commissioner MaryEllen Elia updated a Senate panel on her agency's 2016 prioriti...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

UFT Spends $1.4 Million On Pro-Cuomo Ad

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No, seriously: That ad - which they spent $1.4 million on, btw - functions as a pro-Cuomo ad, talking about the governor's Common...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

Public Education Is All About Compliance: Obey Or Else!

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From the Daily News: A teacher at an Upper West Side high school was fired for creating a curriculum with lessons about the Central Par...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Long Island Superintendents Object To Test-Centric Evaluation System

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John Hildebrand in Newsday: Four Long Island school superintendents took their objections to Common Core testing and related “reforms” o...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Newsday Editorial Says State MUST Get Kids To Take Their State Tests This School Year Or Else!

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The shrillness of the deformers continues: The U.S. Department of Education notified states last week of actions it may take, including ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Cuomo/Regents Bait And Switch On Testing/Teacher Evaluations Will Not End Opt Out

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From the NY Post: Opponents of Common Core standards are urging parents to boycott next year’s state math and English exams, despite the ...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Chris Gibson: Don't Trust Cuomo For Common Core Fixes

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From the Daily Star: Calling the Common Core curriculum “a mistake,” Rep. Chris Gibso...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

Regents Vote To Continue Using Test Scores To Rate Teachers

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The Regents voted for a four year moratorium from using state test scores in teacher evaluations - but there's a catch: A four-year m...
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Friday, December 11, 2015

Not Much Real Change To The Standards In Those Cuomo Common Core Task Force Recommendations

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The union leaders are shouting "Hosanna!" over the recommendations that Cuomo's Common Core Review Task Force released yesterd...
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Friday, December 4, 2015

Dick Parsons Claims Cuomo Hasn't Meddled In Common Core Task Force

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This statement from Dick Parsons, Cuomo's Common Core Task Force chairman, is laughable: Gov. Andrew Cuomo ’s task force on academic...
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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Be Skeptical Of Those Changes To Education That Cuomo Is Said To Be Considering

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So says Fred LeBrun , writing about that NY Times piece that reported Andrew Cuomo is said to be thinking about "decoupling" test ...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

NY Times: Cuomo Reportedly Set To Reduce Role Of Testing In His Vaunted APPR Teacher Evaluation System

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It's amazing what 220,000+ opt outs and poll numbers mired in the very low 40's will do to a politician's take on a particular i...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Time For Another Hedge Fund Manager-Funded Pro-Common Core Ad Buy

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From State of Politics: High Achievement New York , a group that has been supportive of Common Core, is launching a six-figure radio camp...
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Saturday, November 21, 2015

Common Core Is Doing Its Job - Anxiety Increasing In Children

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Mission Accomplished for Common Core: Six in 10 school psychologists said the Common Core learning standards, which includes state exams...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Southern Tier Residents Rail Against Common Core At Public Hearing

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Another public hearing for Cuomo's Common Core dog and pony show: Vestal, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Members of the public spoke before re...
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Saturday, November 7, 2015

Cuomo's Education Reform Agenda Gets Hammered At His Common Core Task Force Public Hearings

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Bethany Bump in the Times Union reports on the Common Core task force public hearing last night in the Capital Region: COLONIE — The whol...
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