April 16, 2015
It starts here: Almost everyone is finding something to like in the new U.S. Senate bill that would replace No Child Left Behind, titled the […]
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April 15, 2015
Today Leslie Brody at the Wall St. Journal reports on the first day of PARCC [correction: NYS students don’t take PARCC, but annual standardized state tests […]
April 14, 2015
This concerted effort by national civil rights groups to include annual standardized testing in a newly-authorized NCLB/ESEA bill (current title: Every Child Achieves Act) is in response […]
April 7, 2015
Andy Rotherham has a great piece up at US News on the opt-out “movement.” Clear-headed as always, he notes that “in fact, for the overwhelming […]
April 2, 2015
It starts here: Upholding ethical principles in Trenton’s State House is no game for wimps. Legislators in the Assembly and the Senate are relentlessly hounded […]
April 1, 2015
From NJSBA’s Legislative Update: On Thursday, March 26, the General Assembly unanimously passed A-4165, which would allow a parent or guardian to exclude a student […]
April 1, 2015
The Asbury Park Press reports that Marlboro Public Schools wins the prize in Monmouth County for the school district with the most PARCC opt-outs. There, […]
March 31, 2015
A New Jersey public high school principal has a blog called “The Sup’s Scoop” (hat tip: Erika Sanzi) and recently reflected on reasons for and […]
March 30, 2015
WHEN THE Assembly unanimously approved a bill Thursday to create a policy allowing students to opt out of taking the new standardized PARCC test, they […]
March 26, 2015
It starts here: Legislators, lobbyists, and Twitter feeds were aflame last week when news surfaced that Pearson, the company that produces PARCC assessments, had hired […]
March 26, 2015
Robert Pondiscio’s article, “Opting Out, Race, and Reform” (referenced in the post below), deserves a little more detail than just NJEA’s insult to poor families. […]
March 24, 2015
Jim O’Neill, the Interim Superintendent of Livingston Public Schools, explains his opposition to PARCC assessments: Since New Jersey students have always done well by all […]