Today’s Washington Examiner article, entitled “Tide Shifting Against Common Core,” is a great illustration of the failure of journalists to differentiate between the Common Core
From “The Hidden Truth: Massive Grade Inflation Conceals Underperformance in NYC Schools“: To hear Mayor Bill de Blasio tell it, New York City’s failing schools
From the Union and Sun Journal: ALBANY (AP) — A survey of school psychologists in New York suggests the statewide English and math tests given
Today’s New York Times features a doomsday article on the demise of the PARCC assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards in Massachusetts. In
N.J. school districts will have access to student PARCC results tomorrow morning. See the Star-Ledger, NJ Spotlight, and the Asbury Park Press. Individual districts will decide
Many Americans probably chuckle in agreement when hearing that old Mark Twain quip, “suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of
From PoliticoPro: The closures of struggling New York City high schools yielded benefits for middle schoolers who might otherwise have enrolled there, according to a
That’s Lakewood Board of Education President Ada Gonzalez upon hearing that the bids from bussing companies to transport Orthodox Jewish children who attend private day
From his speech to the National Press Club, March 31st, 1988, Washington, D.C.: I like tests, and I even like standardized tests. I would like
According to NPR, Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia is “hoping to contain a movement that led 20 percent of students to boycott the third-eighth grade