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Georgia Health News surveyed the state's 20 largest public school systems about their lead testing policies and found many differences in how school systems evaluated their water quality.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

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.

The vote — an abrupt about - face in policies pushed by Cuomo and the Regents in recent years — was the latest in a series of state responses to rising public opposition against Albany's direction on school curricula, testing and educator evaluations.

Parents worry about funding and standards for their public school students and remain least concerned about the amount of testing in classrooms, a survey released by High Achievement New York and Achieve found.

Join Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones at the New Possibilities for Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tePublic Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tSchools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tepublic schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tschools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tschools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against teachers

IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO HAVE A HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CURB LOW TEST SCORES.

By the way, over the next several years, I predict we'll learn these lessons about dysfunctional measurement all over again from the craze over testing in our public schools.

The Bush administration's drug czar is telling public schools in a new document that drug testing of students has «enormous potential benefits» and that concerns about damage to individual privacy are «largely unfounded.»

In the latest turn, the Houston public schools fired a teacher and reprimanded two principals this month after the state education agency raised concerns about possible test - tampering in the district — the state's largest — and 10 other districtIn the latest turn, the Houston public schools fired a teacher and reprimanded two principals this month after the state education agency raised concerns about possible test - tampering in the district — the state's largest — and 10 other districtin the district — the state's largest — and 10 other districts.

In «Choice, Testing, and the Jigsaw» in the Forum section, Diane Ravitch and Nathan Glazer show how the very concept of a common culture has evaporated in the public schools even as Steiner worries about the testing culture that may be replacing iIn «Choice, Testing, and the Jigsaw» in the Forum section, Diane Ravitch and Nathan Glazer show how the very concept of a common culture has evaporated in the public schools even as Steiner worries about the testing culture that may be replacTesting, and the Jigsaw» in the Forum section, Diane Ravitch and Nathan Glazer show how the very concept of a common culture has evaporated in the public schools even as Steiner worries about the testing culture that may be replacing iin the Forum section, Diane Ravitch and Nathan Glazer show how the very concept of a common culture has evaporated in the public schools even as Steiner worries about the testing culture that may be replacing iin the public schools even as Steiner worries about the testing culture that may be replactesting culture that may be replacing it.

It was not until 1979 that Coleman found an opportunity to subject his ideas about school choice to a partial test, by comparing the performance of Catholic and public high schools in the U.S. Department of Education's new «High School and Beyond» school choice to a partial test, by comparing the performance of Catholic and public high schools in the U.S. Department of Education's new «High School and Beyond» School and Beyond» study.

In this webinar, you'll hear directly from Jay McPhail, chief technology officer at Fullerton School District, Calif., and Jeremy Cunningham, network and systems engineer at Bryant public schools, Ark., about their recent wired and wireless deployments, and how they ensured high - availability and high - performance for their districts» common - core testing.

The education debate changed, too: A cheating scandal in Atlanta public schools in 2009 raised questions about how high - stakes testing was affecting schools.

The test results come at a time of increasing concern about the amount of time devoted to testing in public schools.

The new standardized test data show that in each of the five states examined in this report about 90 % of the ELL students who took the state assessment test were educated in public schools that had at least a minimum threshold number of ELL students.

U.S. Schools Are Too Focused on Standardized Tests, Poll Says Washington Post, 8/23/15» «Clearly, there is anxiety about what's happening in teaching and learning,» said Andres Alonso, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a former chief executive of Baltimore City Public Schools.»

About two - thirds of the public supports the federal mandate for testing of math and reading in grades 3 to 8 and in high school, although teachers are divided on this requirement.

ONE OF THE long - standing misperceptions about charter schools is that they cherry - pick the better students from an area, resulting in higher test scores than in comparable regular public schools...

Brooks says he knows skipping state tests doesn't address broader concerns about labeling schools as «failing» and increasing influence of private companies in public education.

Public Charter School Board member Darren Woodruff spoke about the overall improvement in test performance by a majority of the city's public charter scPublic Charter School Board member Darren Woodruff spoke about the overall improvement in test performance by a majority of the city's public charter scpublic charter schools.

He also noted that spending money on failed schools hasn't been limited to voucher schools: Last year, for example, taxpayers spent about $ 361 million operating 52 low - performing public schools in Milwaukee in which 10 percent or fewer of the students were considered proficient on state tests.

Add in the tens of million spent by local school districts on computers and internet expansion so that students can take the on - line tests, along with the substitute teachers who were brought in so that full - time teachers could be pulled out to «learn about the Common Core,» and well over $ 150 — $ 200 million dollars (or more) in public funds have been diverted from instruction to the Common Core and Common Core testing disaster.

Your report about the growing achievement gap between white and African - American students over 20 years of «reform» in the Chicago Public Schools reaffirms our organization's strong opposition to one of the most harmful of these initiatives, the practice of flunking students based on their scores on the annual state tests.

Thousands of families in Chicago Public Schools, affluent suburban districts and downstate allowed their children to forgo the exams, often citing the length of the tests and concerns about the amount of testing in sSchools, affluent suburban districts and downstate allowed their children to forgo the exams, often citing the length of the tests and concerns about the amount of testing in schoolsschools.

In Reign of Error, Ravitch makes clear that, contrary to the statements being made about disastrous public school test scores and graduation rates, these figures are the highest they've ever been in history — and that dropout rates are at their lowest, this according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a no - stakes test for children of all raceIn Reign of Error, Ravitch makes clear that, contrary to the statements being made about disastrous public school test scores and graduation rates, these figures are the highest they've ever been in history — and that dropout rates are at their lowest, this according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a no - stakes test for children of all racein history — and that dropout rates are at their lowest, this according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a no - stakes test for children of all races.

Asked about the «increased focus on standardized testing and data in public schools over the past decade,» 33 percent feels that it has «had little effect,» while 36 percent believes it has «actually done more harm than good.»

To get a sense of how many students could become newly «invisible,» consider public elementary schools in Washington, D.C. Applying the same minimum group size currently used for entire schools to the fifth grade only, about half of the city's 119 elementary schools with fifth graders taking math tests would not be held accountable for the progress of low - income or African - American students, because there aren't enough of them in that grade to constitute a reliable sample size.

Yes, as he says in closing, «parents and policymakers might do a great deal to reverse the intensifying segregation of American public education simply by educating themselves about what test scores do and don't say about school quality... Questioning what they have long accepted, however, they might begin to create something different.»

Following up on a recent post about «New Mexico UnEnchanted» and a follow - up post about how the state's Public Education Department (PED) is also «Silencing [its] Educators» requiring them to sign contractual documents indicating they will not «diminish the significance or importance of the tests» in the state, it now seems the PED is also attempting to usurp the power and authority of its state's local school boards.

Unfortunately, standardized tests may not accurately or completely measure what is actually taking place in schools or what the public is most concerned about (i.e., the public interest).

What we're going to say about the latest release of standardized testing results for Harford County Public Schools students we've said many times in the past on similar occasions.

Results from these tests — which most students take online — are used by the commonwealth to identify schools in need of assistance and to inform parents and the public about the progress of schools through the awarding of annual accreditation ratings.

Test - based student achievement measures show that, on average, charter schools perform just about as well as their peers in traditional public schools.

• Use of multiple forms of evidence of student learning, not just test scores; • Extensive professional development that enables teachers to better assess and assist their students; • Incorporation of ongoing feedback to students about their performance to improve learning outcomes; • Public reporting on school progress in academic and non-academic areas, using a variety of information sources and including improvement plans; and • Sparing use of external interventions, such as school reorganization, to give reform programs the opportunity to succeed.

The latest one in Chicago — over how the Chicago Public Schools district (CPS) reacted to teachers, parents and about 1,500 children at 80 schools who chose to boycott a soon - to - be-discontinued standardized test — is about as absurd as iSchools district (CPS) reacted to teachers, parents and about 1,500 children at 80 schools who chose to boycott a soon - to - be-discontinued standardized test — is about as absurd as ischools who chose to boycott a soon - to - be-discontinued standardized test — is about as absurd as it gets.

The group advocates refusing standardized testing as a way for parents to get a seat at the table in decisions made about public school education.

«Mark feels like people in Wisconsin, where the K - 12 voucher experiment was tested, need to be talking about the impact it has had on public schools, teachers, teacher retirements / shortage and education in general,» said spokeswoman Melanie Conklin in an email.

Madison school officials corrected an error in data about student scores on reading tests, and that resulted in Sherman meeting the standard for showing improvement over the previous year, said Patrick Gasper, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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A study released yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research (and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education) titled «Teachers with High «Value Added» Can Boost Test Scores in Low - Performing Schools» implies that, yet again, value - added estimates are the key statistical indicators we as a nation should be using, above all else, to make pragmatic and policy decisions about America's public school teachers.

Florida spends $ 22 on testing for every student enrolled in the public schools, up from about $ 5 per student in 1997, state data show.

Never before in the history of education and public schools is there so much data flying around about students and test scores and even behavior.

In one of the first public tests of Gov. Chris Christie's plans for taking over Camden schools, about 200 people filled a community hall last night to ask questions and air concerns about what state control will bring.

Cotto posed a question about the arrangement in the MOU between Achievement First and Hartford Public Schools which says that the charter school's test scores will be included in the data for that of Hartford Public Schools.

Just recently on National Public Radio (NPR), current Stanford Professor and former runner - up to being appointed by President Obama as the US Secretary of Education (Obama appointed current secretary Arne Duncan instead) Linda Darling - Hammond was interviewed about why she thought «School Testing Systems Should Be Examined In 2014.»

For example, in order to address concerns about the fairness of using student test scores to evaluate teachers, Hillsborough County Public Schools, in Tampa, Florida, decided early on to focus on the growth in test scores between two points in time rather than a static achievement measure captured only once a year.

Read about the disconnect between how well parents think their children are performing academically in school and how students score on tests nationally as our «Parents 2016: Hearts and Minds of Public School Parents in an Uncertain World,» research findings are highlighted in this Edweekschool and how students score on tests nationally as our «Parents 2016: Hearts and Minds of Public School Parents in an Uncertain World,» research findings are highlighted in this EdweekSchool Parents in an Uncertain World,» research findings are highlighted in this Edweek blog.

• Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC Public Schools and one of the country's most well - known «education reformers,» knew early on about widespread testing irregularities and possible cheating — far earlier than she has claimed publicly to have known, according to a confidential memo that was sent to her back in 2009 and obtained by PBS» John Merrow.

If «proficient» and «highly proficient» are achievement labels that should be reserved for students likely to go to a four year college or university, then education reform advocates have never effectively made that case to the public, preferring instead to point to the results on state testing that have been designed with this specific result in mind and declaring themselves correct about how poor a job our nation's schools are doing.