Not exact matches
Teachers felt that reforms like the Common
Core and the incorporation of student
test scores in teacher evaluations were being done to them, rather than with them, said Rich Ognibene, a former New York State Teacher of the Year who signed onto an open letter to Cuomo earlier this year protesting his
leadership on education.
The
leadership team at Nathan Hale High voted Tuesday not to give its juniors the new
tests which are tied to the Common
Core, a set of learning standards in reading and math that many states are starting to use.
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In its rush to implement teacher evaluations, the Common
Core and new
testing, the state
leadership has likened it to building a plane in the air.
Describing early language development as a «gateway» for other forms of learning and the «
core test for a child's school readiness», McIntosh said the government had the «opportunity to raise quality of early years education through
leadership in nurseries», and called for a focus on recruitment.
The state overturned a teacher license policy that tied
test scores to advancing professionally and delayed a move to Common
Core - aligned state
testing... More than 50 superintendents had already publicly questioned his
leadership, several teachers unions expressed «no confidence» even after [other] accolades; and most recently a group of 15 Republicans last summer called for his resignation.»
State
leadership is currently administering common
core tests on computers, with computer issues now causing students to
test even more days than expected given computer quirks.
The solution is that the
leadership of the two major teacher unions, and all of the others committed to public education, should be retreating from their support of the Common
Core and its associated
testing scheme.
While it is true that Governor Dannel Malloy's backing of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common
Core SBAC standardized
testing program is unwavering, and anyone who disagrees with him become a target, Connecticut's parents, students and teachers need and deserve the public support of the CEA
leadership.
If the
leadership of Connecticut's teacher unions need some guidance on what to say about the disastrous Common
Core Testing is, here are just a few of the many links they should follow;
There is no doubt that CEA
leadership feels that it has done an effective job pushing back against the onslaught brought on by the politically - driven Common
Core State Standards initiative, the unproven and rushed change in standardized
testing requirements, the systematic yet false narrative of failing schools and ineffective teachers, and the questionable storing and sharing of private, personal, and confidential information on students and their families.
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testing still not started, NAR's CEO and
leadership team determined that AMP was not a
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