State assessments can influence what happens in a classroom long before scores arrive. A teacher may use test blueprints to plan lessons, review released…
Gifted and advanced students need curriculum that moves at an appropriate pace, offers genuine intellectual challenge, and allows room for independent inquiry.…
New York parents may receive a Teacher Data Report when their child’s teacher has been evaluated through the state’s Annual Professional Performance Review…
Teachers who oppose the Common Core often base their views on daily classroom experience rather than abstract policy debates. They see how standards, testing…
Testing can serve very different purposes in a school. A teacher may use a short quiz to identify which skills a student has mastered and which require more…
County resolutions can give parents, educators, and elected officials a practical way to express opposition to Common Core and request greater local control of…
Graduation rates are often presented as proof that an education policy is working. When the percentage of students receiving diplomas rises after a testing…
When classroom hours are dominated by practice tests, pacing drills, and test-taking strategies, students lose time for discussion, creativity, science, social…
New York’s state testing system grew from a long-standing tradition of Regents examinations into a broader network of statewide assessments for elementary,…