PARCC

QOD: N.J. School Boards Opposes Assembly’s Anti-PARCC Bill

From NJSBA's Legislative Update, which cites the Association's testimony against A-4190 because the bill could "jeopardize federal funding," "frustrat[e]" tenure…

10 years ago

Hope Springs Eternal,

at least regarding the N.J. Senate's ability to resist union-pandering and stand strong on the state's efforts to improve instruction…

10 years ago

Just How “Grassroots” is the Opt-Out Movement in New Jersey?

Judging by NJEA and Save Our Schools-NJ websites and lobbying efforts, New Jersey parents are opting-out their children from PARCC…

10 years ago

“First Vaccinations, Now it’s the PARCC Test”

The Press of Atlantic City, hardly a reform-minded publication, comments on  New Jersey’s overblown “anxiety attacks” regarding PARCC assessments, a…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Message to Anti-Testing Folks: It’s Time to Listen to Kids

It starts here:Last Friday in Newark Public Schools, 3,500 students in fifty-six buildings participated in a PARCC simulation, a forty-five…

10 years ago

One of N.J.’s Top Superintendents Explains What’s Wrong with the Opt-Out Movement

James A. Crisfield, superintendent of one of New Jersey’s highest-performing districts, Millburn Public Schools, has an editorial today in NJ…

10 years ago

Throw-Back Tuesday: N.J. Was Looking At Computer-Based Assessments Fifteen Years Ago

Fifteen years ago the N.J. School Boards Association reported on “new challenges” to the state’s public schools. The State had…

10 years ago

Tom Moran on N.J. Resistance to PARCC

Tom Moran of the Star-Ledger nails the (il)logic that drives the mismatched pockets of New Jerseyans who deplore new standards…

10 years ago

New Jersey PARCC Update

The Garden State’s anti-testing crowd continues to intensify its opposition to the PARCC assessments and the media is responding  this…

10 years ago

QOD: Annual Standardized Testing and Doctor’s Visits: Doing Right by Kids

Speaking of annual standardized testing, Derrell Bradford, Executive Director NYCAN,  describes the bad old days when "states had testing regimens…

10 years ago