Student Assessments

Top Education Advocate to Murphy’s Department of Education and State Board: The Madness Must Stop

STATEMENT FROM JERSEYCAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAULA WHITE REGARDING NJDOE’S PRESENTATION TO THE NEW JERSEY STATE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION [New…

2 years ago

VIDEO: We Don’t Just Need Our Kids’ Test Scores—We Need a Competent Education Department Too

Tomorrow morning the State Board of Education will hear a presentation  from the Murphy Administration's Department of Education, which will…

2 years ago

Murphy’s Education Department Trumpets Equity as State Board Members View the 64th Floor

The New Jersey State Board of Education held its monthly public meeting this morning, large stretches of it consumed by…

2 years ago

JAMES: An Open Letter Asking Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz to Fight For Our Children, Not Newark’s Superintendent

Dear Senator Ruiz: You are a true champion for education to children across the state – and one of the…

2 years ago

JAMES: Roger, You Are the Newark Superintendent. Why Are You Lying To Us?

As many of you have read over the months, I like to try to create some good trouble in Newark.…

2 years ago

What REALLY Happened At Monday’s Statehouse Hearing on Learning Loss and Testing? Not What You Think.

I've always been a fan of NJ Spotlight, the online news platform founded by John Mooney in 2009, and, in…

2 years ago

LILLEY: Does NJEA Care About Learning Loss for Minority and Low-Income Students?

Remote learning during the pandemic has indeed taken its toll on NJ students. The New Jersey Globe reported that based on interim…

3 years ago

SCOOP: Today NJ Education Department Will Urge State Board to Cancel Meaningful Assessments

Today the New Jersey State Board of Education’s Assessment Committee will meet with leaders of the NJ State Department of…

4 years ago

NJ State Board of Ed Member Andrew Mulvihill on the Ed. Dept.’s Pivot on Spring Testing

Last Wednesday, March 3, the New Jersey State Board of Education held its monthly Public Meeting. On the agenda was…

4 years ago

Newark Teachers Say Principal’s Ban on Failing Students Is ‘Hurting Kids’

It appears that the principal of Newark’s Central High School, Dr. Sharnee Brown, is taking lessons from former New Jersey…

4 years ago