PARCC

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

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

NJEA Goes Off the Rails: PARCC, Pensions, and Camden School Choice

NJEA is on a roll. Just over the couple of months New Jersey’s primary teacher union leaders have mounted a…

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

N.J. Ed. Comm. Hespe: Districts with High Opt-Outs will Be Placed on Corrective Action Plans and Risk State and Federal Funding

Echoing U.S. Sec’y of Education Arne Duncan’s announcement this week at the Education Writers Association conference, N.J. Ed. Commissioner David…

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

QOD: Erika Sanzi on “What Happened to “Do Your Best?”

Via Education Post:In watching parents across the nation opt their children out of standardized testing, I am left wondering why…

10 years ago

Save Our Schools-NJ to Parents on PARCC Boycotts: Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Or Not.

Here's Alex Russo this morning:As opt-out numbers grow, Arne Duncan says feds may have to step in ChalkbeatNY: On Tuesday,…

10 years ago