Standardized Tests

COMMENTARY: New ‘Report’ on Camden Students’ Academic Growth Fails the Smell Test

Last week New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released a “report” that tries to prove the state takeover of Camden Public…

3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Someone Needs to Tell This NJ Superintendent That Schools Are Accountable to Families, Not the Other Way Around

You probably didn’t read Sunday's Star-Ledger op-ed by John Kellmayer called “‘Harrison Bergeron’ and How to Close the Achievement Gap.” …

4 years ago

Feds Approve New Jersey’s Request to Replace State Tests with “Alternative Assessment Tools”

Earlier today, the US Department of Education sent a letter stating that New Jersey’s proposal to replace this spring’s NJ-SLA exams with…

4 years ago

Many NJ Students Need ‘Strong Support’ To Recover From Pandemic Learning Loss

Last Fall the New Jersey Department of Education offered  "Start Strong" assessments to all school districts. The DOE described these…

4 years ago

NJ Announces Details for Local Learning Loss Assessment Data

.Yesterday the New Jersey State Department of Education issued instructions on how it will collect local assessment data. [An earlier…

4 years ago

“You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure”: Civil Rights Groups Plead for Feds to Require Standardized Testing This Spring

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, the clock is soon-to-be-Ex-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,…

4 years ago

No Testing Means No Problems, Right? So Says Trump and Mark Weber

The first tweet on this page is from Mark Weber, acolyte of teacher union leaders and affiliated groups like Education…

4 years ago

Donald Trump and Diane Ravitch Are Anti-Testing Soulmates

In these times of high anxiety it’s a boost to one’s spirits to discover a bit of serendipity. That moment…

4 years ago

Murphy Manages To Deliver What Nobody Wants.

Governor Phil Murphy loves to talk about how he’s moving New Jersey forward but in the world of K-12 education…

5 years ago

Believe It or Not, Progressive Lawmakers Support Standardized Testing in NJ! (Take That, Ron Swanson.)

True confession: I started writing a post a few days ago on the demise of an important piece of legislation,…

6 years ago