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QOD: Bob Braun Rebuts NJEA and SOS-NJ’s Claim that PARCC Tests are High Stakes for Students

Bob Braun, New Jersey’s Diane Ravitch-clone, is outraged. Okay, that’s his usual posture, but this time his target isn’t Cory…

10 years ago

N.J. Reconsiders the “Harrowing Stresses” of “Data-Driven Education”

On Friday New Jersey’s “Study Commission on the Use of Student Assessments in New Jersey.” issued its Interim Report. (See…

10 years ago

QOD: Badass Teachers Looking a Few Good Men

I’ve written about the Badass Teachers Association (BAT) before, this rebel outpost of the national teachers unions, specifically its challenges to…

10 years ago

New WHYY Newsworks Post: Conference Assesses Common Core Roll-Out in N.J.

It starts here:On Tuesday morning the New Jersey School Choice and Education Reform Alliance (NJSCERA) held a statewide conference on…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: The Testing Backlash and the Union Gamble

It starts here:Last week I looked at some of the myths surrounding the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a set…

10 years ago

New Numbers for N.J.’s Data-Driven Teacher Evaluations

John Mooney has the break-down on the new proportions of SGP's (Student Growth Percentiles) that will be used for teacher…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Christie and NJEA’s Partnership over PARCC

It starts here: Hand it to ol' Chris Christie: on Monday he snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by…

10 years ago

Christie Compromises (a bit) on PARCC-infused Teacher Evaluations

Well, Bob Braun was half-right. Gov. Christie did issue an executive order last night that renders Senate Bill 2154 moot,…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Post: Teacher Unions Go After “Toxic Testing”

Here's today's WHYY Newsworks post:Denver, the site of the NEA's annual meeting last week, is a long way from Trenton…

10 years ago

Update on N.J. Senate Bill to Delay PARCC Testing

Yesterday NJ Spotlight published my column about the politics behind Senate bill 2154, which would establish an "Education Task Force"…

10 years ago