achievement gap

Livingston Superintendent on PARCC: We Don’t Care; We Don’t Have To

Jim O’Neill, interim superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, defends his district's high PARCC opt-out rates in yesterday’s NJ Spotlight:I am…

10 years ago

If Asbury Park Public Schools Were Charters, They’d Be Shut Down Long Ago

Here’s a parent of a high school student enrolled at Asbury Park High School:"I am so done with that district,"…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: How Annual Standardized Testing Reveals Achievement Gaps

NJEA‏@NJEBasking Ridge former BOE member calls for grade span testing (rather than every grade) and sampling like @NAEP_NCES. #NoPARCCingThis tweet represents…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: NJEA and the Heritage Foundation: Perfect Together

It starts here:Almost everyone is finding something to like in the new U.S. Senate bill that would replace No Child…

10 years ago

Common Core-Aligned Opt-Outs’ Correlation with Family Income

Today  Leslie Brody at the Wall St. Journal reports on the first day of PARCC [correction: NYS students don't take PARCC,…

10 years ago

QOD: Civil Rights Groups Take on Anti-Testers, Including NEA

This concerted effort by national civil rights groups to include annual standardized testing in a newly-authorized NCLB/ESEA bill (current title: Every…

10 years ago

New Newsworks column: Can Camden’s Renaissance Schools Challenge Anti-Charter Rhetoric?

It starts here:There’s been lots of chatter during the last few months from those who resent the expansion of school…

10 years ago

New NJ Spotlight Column: “Don’t Fall For the Opt-Out Cope-Out”

It starts here:Upholding ethical principles in Trenton’s State House is no game for wimps. Legislators in the Assembly and the…

10 years ago

Opt-Outers in N.J. Are on a “Collision Course with Low-Income Families of Color”

Robert Pondiscio’s article, “Opting Out, Race, and Reform” (referenced in the post below), deserves a little more detail than just…

10 years ago

The Demographics of PARCC Opposition

Jim O'Neill, the Interim Superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, explains his opposition to PARCC assessments:Since New Jersey students have always…

10 years ago