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New NJ Spotlight Column: How Can We Make Peace with PARCC?

It starts here:New Jersey has administered annual standardized tests peacefully for 15 years, but this year’s spring ritual was scarred…

10 years ago

The Stakes on “High-Stakes Tests” are Actually Pretty Low

I think the stakes are either overstated or understated depending on which side of the argument you’re on. Both sides…

10 years ago

We Raise N.J. Launches New Website

We Raise N.J., a coalition of groups including the N.J. PTA, N.J. School Boards Association, Garden State Coalition of Schools,…

10 years ago

QOD: Derrell Bradford on Freddie Gray and the Urgency of School Choice

From "I am your black friend who grew up in Sandtown-Winchester":I get a lot of resistance for my efforts broadly…

10 years ago

U.S. DOE Rejects Colorado’s Request for Waiver for High Opt-Out Rates on Standardized Tests

Whither goes Colorado, so goes New Jersey?Chalkbeat reports that Colorado applied for a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education…

10 years ago

Blacks, Latinos, and Jews Support N.Y.’s Common Core-based Annual Assessments; Suburban and Upstate Whites Don’t

Joseph Spector at the Democrat & Chronicle analyzes some New York opt-out numbers based on a poll from Siena College.By a…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

NJEA panics over news that school districts with high opt-out numbers could lose funding  because the union, along with SOS-NJ,…

10 years ago

Christie on the Consequences of Parents Refusing PARCC Tests

"There's nothing I can do to stop you," said Christie, "But then don't complain later that you're not getting the…

10 years ago

NJEA Prez to Hespe: Stop Telling Parents the Truth!

This just out from NJEA:Steinhauer demands that Hespe retract opt-out threatPublished on Thursday, April 23, 2015 NJEA President Wendell Steinhauer today…

10 years ago

Statistic of the Day

While Jersey City spends $17,000 per student overall, the public school district gives their city’s charter schools only about $8,000…

10 years ago