Although
the Regents did not immediately opt to create an entirely new test, Ms. Tisch and David Steiner, the new education commissioner, asked Professor Koretz, who had been rebuffed in previous requests, to analyze the ones that were in use.
On the English exam,
the Regents did almost the opposite.
What
the Regents did on Monday was actually set a date for when students would have to meet these «aspirational» scores (75/80).
Hacker makes his claim in New York, where the state Board of
Regents did its part to raise the bar in math by mandating a score of 65 to pass on the integrated algebra Regents exam required of students.
Earlier this month, legislative leaders called for a two year moratorium on all effects of the Common Core, for both students and teachers, and said if the Board of
Regents did not act, they would.
Earlier this month, legislative leaders called for a two year moratorium on all effects of the Common Core, for both students and teachers, and said if
Regents did not act, they would.
«One of my biggest issues was the fact that the Board of
Regents did not give clear guidelines to superintendents and to parents about opting out,» Deutermann said.
Update: The Regents didn't vote to approve to implement these provisions, but directed SED to develop the rules.
The Board of
Regents does not determine the amount of school aid — indeed, it has requested that the Legislature provide more — but it does pass regulations and promulgate learning standards.
The Regents do not specifically mention a decade - old order from the state's highest court that said billions more need to be spent each year on schools in New York City to fulfill the state's constitutional requirement that each child receive a «sound, basic education.»
Members of the legislature have threatened to pass legislation if the Regents don't go as far as many lawmakers are calling for.
Not exact matches
The State of Pennsylvania
did have such a mechanism, its board of
regents.
That is the strapline and a part of the DNA of
Regents Theological College, where I
did my bachelor's and master's, and certainly reflects my experience.
Image by Folk Forest We've
done the odd festival, fair and fete (such as the Innocent Village Fete in
Regents Park) in the past and...
«We have a board of
Regents in this state who I think
do a terrific job and work very hard to promote education.»
NYS has a standardized testing problem, a NYSUT official writes: Many students
do poorly on tests for grades 3 - 8, but pass high school
Regents exams.
Groups that advocate for school funding say the
Regents proposal
does not go far enough.
«It's a sad reality, but there are many children who don't always get the healthy meals they need to thrive,» said Board of
Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa.
Republicans also
do not agree with the recent decision from the Board of
Regents to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for teacher certifications.
I don't,» Cuomo said at an event in Schenectady on Thursday, explaining the letter, in which he sought advice from King and Board of
Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch on a series of education topics.
The letter, written by a top Cuomo aide, says the student test scores are «unacceptable,» and asks Board of
Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John King what to
do about an evaluation system that rates just 1 percent of all of the teachers in the state as poorly performing.
The Education Department, which handles communications for the Board of
Regents,
did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle says Democrats had some concerns over a purposed commission to design new teacher evaluations, and instead now want the Board of
Regents, which is in charge of education policy, to
do the job.
«I don't want to say, oh these few
Regents ought to be the poster children for all the things that have gone wrong with the rollout,» said Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, a Democrat from Ithaca.
«The Board of
Regents supervises the State Education Department, and I don't appoint anyone to the Board of
Regents, either,» Cuomo continued.
Tuesday's elections for the State Board of
Regents might be their means of
doing so.
He warned: «It's perilous when the Legislature gets involved in educational policy,» but that's exactly what would happen if King and
Regents members didn't fix the problems themselves.
But, under the current system, the power for electing
Regents rests squarely with Silver, whose office
did not return a request for comment.
«I don't even appoint anyone to the Board of
Regents.
The State's education commissioner, Mary Ellen Elia, says she knows it's a tough year, but is disappointed that Cuomo
did not agree with the State Board of
Regents recommendation to add $ 1.6 billion in funding for schools.
State Education Commissioner Elia
does not work for the governor directly but is chosen by the
Regents, who are picked by the legislature.
And Kremer points out that although the
Regents developed the waiver option, they were unable to rescind the provision that says if schools don't meet the November 15th deadline, they have to give back some state aid awarded to them in the budget back in the spring.
«There's been some concern that we didn't give the Board of
Regents enough flexibility, so I've been in contact with my
regent to make say I think we've given you a lot of flexibility,» said Assemblywoman Addie Russell, D - Watertown.
This will be a discussion now and the Assembly members will be, once again, on the hot seat for controlling the membership of the
Regents And, not fer nuthin», they haven't
done such a great job so far so maybe it is time to look at the structure in NYS.
The governor also noted he doesn't control the Board of
Regents — pointedly noting that it is the Democratic - led Assembly that controls the appointments.
He's unveiled the loan guarantee scheme, he's appeared in front of a committee, and been filmed
doing it by the news channels, and he's got his own mini-scandal concerning how he managed to buy a # 2.5 million house by
Regents Park.
«We don't think that's the right direction for her to be going on day one of being the chancellor of the Board of
Regents.
I don't want 50 percent of the teacher score, as
Regents Cashin pointed out, we're not even sure these tests can be used for that purpose,» O'Malley said.
«If I was not on the Board of
Regents and I had a child, I said I would probably, just like former [Chancellor Merryl Tisch] said, if she had a special needs child, she would opt out, so I that's exactly what I said,» Rosa told reporters, later clarifying that she would
do so even if her student
did not have special needs.
In fact, he noted in a statement that a panel he convened to examine Common Core implementation «
does not make any recommendation to halt or slow teacher evaluations,» contrasting their position to that of the
Regents and lawmakers.
Despite Tuesday's implicit message that teachers are
doing OK, the state's major teachers union, New York State United Teachers, repeated its call for a moratorium and reiterated its criticism that the
Regents are overly focused on test scores for both students and teachers.
«We have a board of
Regents in this state who I think
do a terrific job and work very hard to promote education,» said Silver.
In 2016 the State Board of
Regents and the Democratic - led state Assembly supported restarting the phase - in, but Governor Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate
did not support it.
«The interviews were
done by our two wonderful chairs and the decision was made to not support two incumbent
regents.»
Board of
Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch thinks the current teacher - evaluation law doesn't work well in small, rural districts and doesn't cover enough teachers, among other complaints.
Does anyone recall that the Governor came in at the last minute of the SED regulation development process on teacher evaluations and asked the
Regents for changes in the proposed regulations to include greater emphasis on test scores than the original legislation prescribed?
The fact is Pataki
did nothing — zip — to loosen the Silver - appointed
Regents (translation: unions) grip on 99 percent of kids» educations in NY.
Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch says that deadline will be met, but she
does not expect the debate to end there.
The eminently qualified former college professor had the right stuff, but alas, elections are about politics and this Republican didn't have enough Democratic votes in the state legislature which appoints
regents.
Technically, the authorizers in this case are the State University of New York trustees, who recognize the value of locking in renewals now and asked the
Regents to OK them:
Doing so will give the schools, Bronx Better Learning and eight Success Academy charters, certainty about their futures, particularly as they consider expansions.