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 sorry to say the
Here’s a parent of a high school student enrolled at Asbury Park High School: “I am so done with that district,” said Phyllis Ling, who
NJEA@NJE Basking Ridge former BOE member calls for grade span testing (rather than every grade) and sampling like @NAEP_NCES. #NoPARCCing This tweet represents NJEA’s campaign to
It starts here: Almost everyone is finding something to like in the new U.S. Senate bill that would replace No Child Left Behind, titled the
Today Leslie Brody at the Wall St. Journal reports on the first day of PARCC [correction: NYS students don’t take PARCC, but annual standardized state tests
This concerted effort by national civil rights groups to include annual standardized testing in a newly-authorized NCLB/ESEA bill (current title: Every Child Achieves Act) is in response
It starts here: There’s been lots of chatter during the last few months from those who resent the expansion of school choice in Camden. For
It starts here: Upholding ethical principles in Trenton’s State House is no game for wimps. Legislators in the Assembly and the Senate are relentlessly hounded
Robert Pondiscio’s article, “Opting Out, Race, and Reform” (referenced in the post below), deserves a little more detail than just NJEA’s insult to poor families.
Jim O’Neill, the Interim Superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, explains his opposition to PARCC assessments: Since New Jersey students have always done well by all