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Numerous questions about the impact of the new law remain but on the opt - out issue it appears that Congress will require states to notify parents about the Common Core Testing scheme but will continue to require that states mandate that 95 % of students participate in the destructive tests — «or else.»

As one Seattle elementary teacher wrote about Common Core testing this year,

For the truth about the Common Core Testing system one need only go back to a 2011 article in the Washington Post in which James Harvey, the executive director of the National Superintendents Roundtable, explains what the NAEP proficient level really means.

Every Connecticut school administrator is well aware, or should be well aware, that in January 2013 Governor Dannel Malloy's first Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, provided local school officials with a directive explaining how to mislead parents about the Common Core testing and how to make it as difficult as possible for parents to opt their child out of the testing frenzy.

If you know of any situation in which state or local officials are engaged in efforts to bully, harass or mislead parents or students about their opt - out rights or are threatening teachers that they may not provide parents and students with accurate information about the Common Core testing, please get in contact immediately.

Please Note: This blog post has been corrected and updated to reflect that the article in the New Canaan Advertiser was a straight news story concerning the Superintendent's statement about the Common Core Testing Program.

Hundreds of teachers and parents from across western New York got their chance to address concerns about Common Core testing standards with New York State Education Commissioner John King.

(To read more about the Common Core tests and how they are different from previous state tests, click here.)

* Clarification: This story has been updated to attribute concerns about the Common Core tests to teachers and include Carol Burris's new role at the Network for Public Education.

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Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square) today called on the Assembly Majority to get serious about the impending Common Core standardized testing crisis in our schools and convene a special session before the first round of tests begin on April 14th to ensure parents know about their rights to have their children refuse the tests.

There are interesting stories about Common Core and standardized testing all over the country, but if you want real entertainment, you have to look closely at Florida.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

One in five parents opted their children out of the tests in 2016 amid complaints about the rigorous Common Core standards they measure and debate over the tests» usefulness and role in teacher and school ratings.

New leaders of the state Board of Regents are scheduled to be elected Monday, then hold a news conference where they likely will face questions about their future plans for Common Core academic standards, student testing and teacher evaluations.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

Thousands of frustrated parents and educators from across Long Island were expected to attend a forum in Garden City Tuesday night for an opportunity to speak with New York State Education Commissioner John King about Common Core curriculum and state testing.

The union — which has overall questioned the state's testing under the Common Core standards — for months has raised concerns about the state's move toward computerized exams.

Clinton has serious reservations about how the Common Core rollout and testing have happened in New York, even as she supports tough national standards and standardized tests in general.

That said, there has been an about 180 - degree about - face on the governor's part when it comes to the controversial Common Core curriculum, the opt - out movement and linking test results to teacher performance evaluations.

Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and district staff will provide an overview of state exams and how the Common Core Learning Standards are changing instruction for students at all grade levels, as well as information about how the tests are used in the new statewide evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

Leadership in both houses of the state Legislature support a two - year moratorium on using Common Core - aligned test scores to evaluate teachers and principals or to make decisions about student placement or promotion, a plan supported by teachers» unions.

And yes, you want your assessments to reflect the standards that you are teaching, but the Common Core isn't about testing.

«The Common Core isn't about testing, for example.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he would consider «legislative changes» to address parents» concerns about the rigorous Common Core standards, on which New York schools started testing some students last April.

State Senator Marc Panepinto and administrators from about a half - dozen local school districts gathered in Hamburg to discuss Common Core, standardized testing and how their tied to teacher evaluations, and how to fix what they collectively believe is a flawed system.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña bragged about an increase in the number of city kids passing the state Common Core tests — but that success may have more to do with...

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Judy Patrick of the Daily Gazette about students who decided to opt - out of the state common core tests yesterday and a woman who's bringing attention to potholes on the streets of Schenectady in a unique way.

Educators and parents have complained about secrecy surrounding Albany's testing program since the first new assessments based on national Common Core academic standards were administered in spring 2013.

Several teachers attending Monday's event spoke at length about the impact of Common Core testing requirements, saying they result in more «teaching to the test» rather than substantial learning and mastery.

Hawkins» opposition to Common Core and Race to the Top, as well as his platform to fully fund schools in an equitable manner has caught the attention of teachers and parents around the state who are distressed about the state of their schools due to high stakes testing, unworkable and narrow standards and a lack of funding.

As Mr. Hawkins rolled through positions directly affecting public workers, calling Common Core «a test - and - punish regime,» responding to a question about how to pay for the new Tappan Zee Bridge by saying a greater priority should be given to public transportation, and urging the creation of a State Bank to avoid having to go to Wall Street for financing of capital projects, it seemed like he stood for much of what they and their unions would like to see implemented.

This new way of thinking about summative testing would retain the advantages of the Common Core project and the best state tests while eliminating most of the disadvantages.

About half the Common Core states will be using tests developed by Smarter Balanced, and the other half will use tests from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

New teacher evaluations were rolled out alongside the Common Core State Standards and related exams, leaving teachers concerned about how the harder tests will affect their performance evaluations in the future.

It's a bit hard to say who's a Common Core state and who's not at this point, but if we take the average score change from 2015 to 2017 in the seven decidedly non-CCSS states in both subjects (Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia), we see that these states declined by about 1.4 points on average across tests.

If the new assessments are to fulfill the promise of the Common Core, test designers (and indeed all of us) will have to embrace a different, stronger version of fairness, one that requires us to tell the fuller truth about where our students stand, and test the rigorous content that will impart the knowledge and skills to succeed.

As part of the Common Core State Standards initiative, our state is about to start using a new set of tests that are dramatically better, tougher, and fairer than what we've had before.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Matt Barnum looks at what states are doing about their exit exams now that they are using Common Core - aligned tests, which are harder than the old state tests they used.

Last week, West and Peterson discussed findings from the survey about Common Core, testing and school choice.

In a profession that already feels under siege, the decision in most states — encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education — to press ahead with using student test scores as a significant component of a teacher's evaluation «just fuels the perception that we care more about weeding out weak teachers than giving the vast majority of teachers the time and support they need to make a successful transition to Common Core,» says Schwartz.

Amid way too much talk about testing and the Common Core, not enough attention is being paid to what parents will actually learn about their children's achievement when results are finally released from the recent round of state assessments (most of which assert that they're «aligned» with the Common Core).

«A lot of this angst is less about the Common Core in particular, but [Common Core] is short hand for testing, and I think certainly there's an appetite for less testing.»

Everything I know about the slow growing, cumulative nature of language proficiency suggests it is all but impossible to test prep your way to a high score on a third to eighth grade reading test, especially the more challenging Common Core tests.

Amid way too much talk about testing and the Common Core, not enough attention is being paid to what parents will actually learn about their children's achievement when results are finally released from the recent round of state assessments.

And in a wonderful and timely bit of irony, the College Board's forthcoming renovation of the SAT tests — markedly more influential than the AP (and perhaps the Common Core itself) in shaping what kids have to learn in school if they want to go to a good college — includes enough attention to the seminal documents of American history and the ideas they embody to give pause to Chinese authorities who really don't want their kids learning about democracy and freedom while preparing to seek entry to a U.S. university.

In an article for The 74, Matt Barnum looks at what states are doing about their exit exams now that they are using Common Core - aligned tests,

But we find little evidence of a public backlash against Common Core and test - based accountability, at least on the basis of new information about local school district rankings.

As Sandi Jacobs, managing director of state policy for the National Council on Teacher Quality, said, «There wasn't enough concern about how these things [the Common Core and teacher evaluation] were running down the path together until the tests became an issue.»

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