U.S. Education Department Archives - Page 5 of 6 - NJ Education Report
April 15, 2021

New Jersey Was Given an Inch By the Feds for State Testing But ‘We’re Taking a Mile’

Today Dale Chu considers the “well-intentioned offer from the federal government” to give states greater flexibility in mandatory state standardized tests in order to allow […]
April 7, 2021

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 a series of alternative assessment […]
December 11, 2020

National Disability Advocates: If Biden's Transition Team Cares About Equity and Access, It Won't Choose Eskelsen Garcia as Education Secretary

This is the full copy of a letter sent yesterday to the Biden/Harris transition team from national advocates for students with disabilities. Here, they detail […]