Families often hear that one district tests “more” than another, but the comparison is difficult unless everyone uses the same definition of testing. A state…
Standardized tests can provide limited information about student performance, but excessive test preparation can narrow the curriculum and increase anxiety.…
Parents often know that schools administer state exams, benchmark assessments, reading tests, and math screenings. What may be less clear is whether those…
A parent-teacher conference can do more than review grades. It can create a calm, documented conversation about a child’s anxiety, the pressure of standardized…
Some New York school boards have adopted resolutions opposing, limiting, or seeking greater oversight of the state’s education data dashboard. These actions…
New York’s Grade 3-8 English Language Arts assessments continue to change as the state updates its learning standards, expands computer-based testing, and…
Starting a local chapter of New Yorkers United for Kids in your county can turn scattered concerns about education policy into organized civic action. A county…
New York is retiring its Common Core Algebra I Regents examination as part of a broader shift to the state’s Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards.…