Sentences with phrase «out of all standardized testing because»

For this reason, we have opted Zachary out of all standardized testing because we believe Zachary's potential is limitless and can not be condensed to a math and reading score.

Not exact matches

The state's education commissioner said parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams because they will be different than last year's tests.

New York State's education commissioner said parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams, because they will be different than last year's tests, but the state's teacher's union and a parents group said the changes don't go far enough.

The amended platform language encourages parents to opt out of standardized tests, something black and brown urban families rarely choose to do and overwhelmingly oppose, precisely because they want real data about whether or not their children are learning.

Because the entire point of the opt out movement is to reduce the amount of multiple choice standardized tests and move to assessments like the driving road tests and swimming tests.

WASHINGTON — A close examination of two medium - sized school districts» standardized testing calendars found that kids are losing out on receiving a full, high - quality education because of pervasive test preparation and testing, according to a report released today by the American Federation of Teachers.

Superintendents must make this choice because Governor Malloy, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor and their Corporate Education Reform Industry thugs are on a mission to convince parents and guardians that they do not have a right to opt their child out of the unfair, ill - conceived and ludicrous standardized testing fiasco that is enveloping Connecticut's Public Schools.

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Those oh - so - elusive SBAC results: after millions of dollars squandered on broadband improvements, tedious test prep, and time diverted from actual learning, our students, parents, and teachers have been prevented from getting the test results because no one in educational leadership today has figured out how to «spin» the results without facing the consequences of this poorly designed, invalid, questionably - standardized assessment that was perpetrated on our public school students.

However, because standardized testing is a matter of public concern, a local speaking as a union, or an individual member speaking as a parent or citizen, about educational concerns over standardized testing, for instance, in a letter to the editor or in a statement to the Board of Education, is protected by the U.S. Constitution at least so long as they are not encouraging other parents or students to opt out from a test.»

(One reader wrote that NYC parents don't opt - out because their kids need the tests to get into better city schools but outcomes on the state standardized tests are not part of the admissions process.)