standardized testing

Charter Schools Closing in on State Averages on Third Year of PARCC Testing: Newark Charters Outperform State Average in Math

New Jersey charter schools continue to narrow the achievement gap on the third year of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness…

7 years ago

Freehold, SOS-NJ, and Valerie Strauss: An Example of the Proliferation of Fake News

You know fake news is being normalized when an organization that flaunts its supposedly grassroots progressive pedigree engages in Trumpery.…

7 years ago

Is Our Education System Leaving Creative Children Behind?

(This is a guest post by Aggie Sung, a certified early education teacher whose passion is in children’s books that…

7 years ago

Great News From Camden:Most PARCC Scores Up Across the District

Today Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard announced PARCC scores for the district’s 16,000 students. These student achievement levels are the first…

8 years ago

N.J. Correlations Between Anti-Vaxxers and Anti-Testers

The Star-Ledger reports that a record  9,500 students in New Jersey declined vaccinations in the 2015-16 school year, according to…

8 years ago

Wake Up, Mayor de Blasio

Various media outlets (Politico, Chalkbeat, NY Post, Daily News, The 74) are reporting on New York City Mayor Bill de…

8 years ago

Rosa’s Ascendency on N.Y.’s Board of Regents Worsens N.Y.’s Ed Reform Prognosis

On February 28th, the Daily News ran this headline: “RIP, NY School Reform.” Either the editors there weren’t letting on…

9 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

Are Teacher Unions in a “Terrible Situation” or in the Catbird Seat on Standardized Testing Issues?

“The teachers’ unions are in a terrible situation,” he said, “because on the one hand they want to argue that…

10 years ago

Opting-In as “the Great Equalizer”

The Asbury Park Press reports that Marlboro Public Schools wins the prize in Monmouth County for the school district with…

10 years ago