Sentences with phrase «of new standardized tests»

It was only six years ago, for example, that 46 states agreed to Common Core State Standards and established two testing consortia — the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)-- to develop a set of new standardized tests that promised to be more rigorous and comprehensive than existing state tests.

But support began to wane when critics from all sides of the political spectrum began to emerge with concerns on a variety of fronts, including problems with the content of the standards and the developmental inappropriateness of those for the earliest grades, the design of the new tests, how the new exams were written and by whom, and the federal government's funding of new standardized tests aligned to the Core.

An opt - out movement gained momentum this spring, with tens of thousands of students sitting out of new standardized tests in states including New York, Maine and New Mexico.

The promise of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards was that they would show which students were ready for college and career and which weren't.

Within the next two years, students in these same states will face a slate of new standardized tests aligned to these Common Core Standards.

Linda Hanson, an Arlington School District literacy coach, was taking parents behind the curtain of a new standardized test their children would face April through June.

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He spearheaded the creation of new teacher evaluations allowing half of a teacher's rating to be based on students» standardized test scores.

New York (CNN)- One week after New York's Department of Education drew controversy with a request to ban 50 words and references from the city's standardized tests — including «dinosaur,» «birthday» and «religion» — the department announced Tuesday that it is abandoning the plan.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

How Children Succeed introduced readers to an exciting new body of research showing that the traditional way we measure children's abilities — through standardized tests of their cognitive skills — was missing a crucial dimension: the importance of so - called non-cognitive skills or character strengths, qualities like grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, self - control, and optimism.

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Chicago teachers don't like the hot new trend of rating teachers by how much their students improve on standardized tests.

They discuss the current emphasis on these kinds of skills in American education, and the emphasis on standardized testing, and then turn our attention to a growing body of research that suggests we may be on the verge of a new approach to some of the biggest challenges facing American schools today.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday called for a permanent extension of mayoral control for city schools and criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approach toward standardized testing and push to make it easier for the state to takeover struggling schools.

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

The results of this year's Common Core - related standardized tests show scores for New York's schoolchildren inching up.

«That's the message sent loud and clear yesterday by thousands of parents across New York who rose up against a top - down, one - size fits all approach to education that focuses on the over-utilization of high stakes Common Core standardized tests and refused to have their children be any part of this culture of testing.»

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is calling on New York's congressional delegation to prevent the U.S. Department of Education from carrying out a threat to sanction New York schools as punishment for the hundreds of thousands of students who opted - out of grades 3 - 8 Common Core standardized tests this month.

Two new Quinnipiac University polls show that New York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learninew Quinnipiac University polls show that New York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learniNew York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learniNew York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learning.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is calling on New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to stop intimidating New York parents and school districts with threats of pulling funding from schools with high percentages of students who opt out of grades 3 - 8 Common Core standardized tests — in essence, telling them to stop trying to «kill the messenger» for their introduction of a flawed system.

The online RefuseCommonCore.com website offers New Yorkers the ability to write a message directly to the Governor to respect the rights of parents to make important decisions on the educational future of their children and enable parents to have their children refuse to take the high stakes Common Core - based standardized tests.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook), Assemblyman Dean Murray (R,C,I - East Patchogue) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square), today took their efforts to the next level to inform parents of their rights to have their children refuse to take the Common Core standardized tests by launching a new statewide petition drive: RefuseCommonCore.com.

In October, for example, after more than 80 % of the parents voted to have their kids not take the exams, Castle Bridge Elementary School canceled the new standardized multiple - choice tests.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), who was the top vote getter in the Assembly on the Stop Common Core ballot line in 2014, today announced new legislation he is introducing, the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

Westchester County Rob Astorino on Tuesday said he and his wife will have their children not take the new round of standardized tests starting today in the state's public schools.

The Board of Regents is due to release the new regulations governing the evaluations — including how much weight to give at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation.

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Education.

Governor Cuomo has questioned why more than 95 % of teachers last year were rated adequate or above average, when two thirds of schoolchildren in grades 3 to 8 were found in standardized tests not to be meeting the new requirements.

The fiery UFT president suffered a bruising blow from Mr. Cuomo in the latest state budget deal, which gave the state education department and Board of Regents power to create new teacher evaluations that are expected to emphasize standardized tests and make it easier to dismiss teachers.

But while most of the attention went to negotiations about teacher evaluations and standardized tests, new policies also were put in place for dealing with failing schools.

New state Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia has created a stir with her comments in support of standardized tests.

New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade.

It reminds New York that part of the agreement for receiving what are known as Title I funds was that the majority of students take the standardized tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

The increased reliance on the standardized exams in New York led to a boycott of the tests by one fifth of students last spring.

Test results for third - through eighth - graders across New York state improved this year even amid concerns about the length of the standardized exams and reports of erroneous questions, according to data released by the state Education Department.

But the fallout from the budget's education measures which Cuomo pushed for continues in Albany: Lawmakers are considering a variety of means to reduce standardized testing in schools and the Board of Regents is pushing back a deadline for school districts to adopt the new teacher performance criteria for those demonstrating hardships.

After achieving the passage of a new evaluation system that will rely on a mix on at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation, the governor is renewing his focus to areas NYSUT has opposed, including a lifting of the cap on charter schools and a $ 150 million education investment tax credit, which is strongly backed by private and parochial schools.

The budget also created a new teacher evaluation system that relies on a mix of in - classroom observation and at least one standardized test to assess performance.

After years of complaints from teachers, parents and students alike, the Obama administration announced new guidelines toward standardized tests, saying kids spend too much time taking «unnecessary» exams in schools.

The Alliance for Quality Education, United Federation of Teachers and New York State United Teachers recently started a petition calling for a ban in New York on standardized testing in pre-K through 2nd grade.

The bill would ensure that schools can notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in Common Core standardized tests, protects schools from having state aid withheld & ensures that students are not punished for their lack of participation in those tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000 students refused New York State Common Core tests.

«We have to deal with the issue of the effect of Common Core testing on teacher evaluations,» Cuomo said Tuesday at a news conference on the state budget, referring to the tougher curriculum standards adopted by the state that produced sharply lower scores on standardized tests in New York last year.

NEW YORK, NY — In a letter to the Members of Congress representing his 37th Senate District and New York's U.S. Senators, Senator George Latimer (D - Westchester) urged a revamping of the standardized testing requirements of the «No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.&raqNEW YORK, NY — In a letter to the Members of Congress representing his 37th Senate District and New York's U.S. Senators, Senator George Latimer (D - Westchester) urged a revamping of the standardized testing requirements of the «No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.&raqNew York's U.S. Senators, Senator George Latimer (D - Westchester) urged a revamping of the standardized testing requirements of the «No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.»

The mass granting of waivers to delay the new teacher rating system comes as political leaders, including President Obama and his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are shifting away from an emphasis on standardized testing.

Amid complaints of disruption and angst in the classrooms, the state's major teachers union launched a petition drive asking parents to protest the use of a new set of standardized tests.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the New York state Assembly will take up a bill Wednesday to decouple the results of standardized test scores from teacher evaluations.

He spearheaded the creation of new teacher evaluations allowing half of a teacher's rating to be based on students» standardized test scores.

Next spring, New York's students will spend two days on standardized math and English tests instead of three.

The Republicans are tapping into an anger among many parents in New York state over the botched rollout of a more rigorous curriculum that relies more on standardized tests, and is tied to teacher evaluations.