A practical way to ask your school’s parent committee to invite a testing critic as a guest speaker is to make the request concrete, evidence-led and focused…
New York’s “data retention” rules do not mean every answer a student gives is kept in the same place for the same period. They distinguish temporary test…
How to find out if your district has adopted a “test-free zone” policy for after-school hours is mainly a document-search task. Schools may use that label…
New York State’s parent-facing “assessment literacy” materials promise to help families understand tests, scores, and school accountability. Yet they never…
A letter-writing campaign to your district’s curriculum director about test load can turn a vague complaint into a request an official can act on. Its strength…
New York’s test security hotline exists for reports about the handling of state assessments, including suspected leaks, unauthorised assistance, missing test…
This guide explains how to request a copy of the state’s testing contract with its scoring vendor via FOIL, New York’s public-records law. The target is the…
New York’s school “report card” can send a mixed message: students who sit the state tests show strong proficiency, while the school receives a weaker…
A thank-you note to teachers who resist excessive test prep in their classrooms can do more than express courtesy. It can affirm professional judgment when…
A school attendance record can look simple: the student was not in the room when the test was distributed. The difference between a “test refusal” and an…