From yesterday’s press release from Camden Public Schools: February 2, 2015 — Office of the Superintendent, Camden, NJ – Superintendent Rouhanifard will join Thursday with
Absent standards, poor and minority children do not have equal access to challenging courses; absent assessments, no one can know the size of the gap
Fifteen years ago the Center for Disease Control declared that measles had been eradicated in America. But now the CDC is warning that the U.S.
As lobbyists heighten their hostility towards standardized tests, the Common Core State Standards are also under attack. Examples: Diane Ravitch, union evangelist, says that the
NJ Spotlight reports on Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan’s bill that would mandate opt-out testing procedures. More on that this week. Here’s the link to the bill.
Bob Braun, New Jersey’s Diane Ravitch-clone, is outraged. Okay, that’s his usual posture, but this time his target isn’t Cory Booker or Cami Anderson or
It starts here: The politics of standardized testing has kicked into overdrive in New Jersey. Last Friday the “Study Commission on the Use of Student
The National Council on Teacher Quality just released its state-by-state rankings of teacher pension systems, and N.J.’s is mediocre. We did well on categories related
I have little affection for Reason, a publication that sings the anthem of “free minds and free markets,” but this piece kind of nails it.
On Friday New Jersey’s “Study Commission on the Use of Student Assessments in New Jersey.” issued its Interim Report. (See today’s NJ Spotlight for details.)