I am holding an organizational meeting for parents and educators to opt
out of standardized testing at Hartford Public High School on Saturday, Feb 1, at 12:00 in my classroom, room 272.
Not exact matches
We don't need the best or fancy for our kids, but our school is rated, based on the
standardized tests taken in grade 3 and 6, as a 2/10 (or, put another way,
out of 3037 schools in our province, our local school is currently sitting
at 2986/3037 with a continuing downward trend.
At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen 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 %
of students statewide opting
out of the
tests.
At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen 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.
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.
But one contested item that won't make too much
of a difference for school districts is the rate
at which students have chosen to opt
out of state
standardized tests.
Following a school year marked by statewide protests to recent changes in the
testing procedures and teacher evaluation methods — with 20 percent
of New York's students opting
out of standardized tests — administrators
at Minerva Central are preparing for a year
of growth and collaboration, Farrell said in an interview.
But in the majority
of classrooms, where opt -
out appears likely to remain
at low levels, the data strongly suggest that students sitting
out of standardized testing will have only a trivial impact on the ratings received by their teachers.
Now
at the end
of the first year
of the study, Margolis has already observed how pressure to increase
standardized test scores
at the largely Latino school has edged «extras» like computer programming
out of the curriculum.
The prevailing wisdom is that
standardized testing drains the life
out of a classroom, saps students
of interest and engagement, brings on unnecessary and
at times crippling stress, and limits the view
of what students are really learning in school.
In 1989, students
at Allen, a poor, inner - city school, ranked 28th
out of 33 district schools on
standardized achievement
tests.
The real threat to national security is squeezing the democracy
out of our schools with such «reform school» approaches replacing efforts
at real school reform, and with
standardized testing narrowing the curriculum so that our schools are simply no longer able to produce informed citizens.
At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen 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 %
of students statewide opting
out of the
tests.
Speakers opposed to the state's new public education policies whipped an audience
of hundreds into a furor
at Comsewogue High School on March 29, 2014 as Opt -
Out supporters, preaching from the stage in the auditorium, vowed to «starve the beast» — calling on parents to have their children skip the rigorous
standardized tests and deprive the school system
of the data upon which the system depends.
Going through the event's website, one sees the typical «progressive» reform ideas including pleas for «more money for education» and «smaller class sizes,» but one thing did jump
out at me — the obsessive hatred
of standardized testing.
As someone who has been a conscientious objector
of high stakes
standardized tests and is actively involved in the opt
out campaign in our state, the decoupling
of standardized tests scores from the teacher evaluation does not get
at the root
of the issues.
Republican Reps. John Lamar III,
of Senatobia, left, and Ken Morgan
of Morgantown, listen as House Education Committee Rep. Mark Baker, R - Brandon, presents House Bill 385, banning use
of a Common Core - related
test, wiping
out high school exit exams in biology and U.S. history, and pushing the state Board
of Education to adopt
standardized tests published by the ACT organization in House Chambers, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss..
We can not,
of course, say that these groups came to the defense
of high - stakes,
standardized testing at the behest
of the Gates Foundation, but we should be clear that their politics align with that
of the Gates Foundation, and so the fact that these particular civil rights organizations came
out in force to support a central reform backed by the foundation should come as no surprise to anyone.
At least 165,000 children, or one of every six eligible students, sat out at least one of the two standardized tests this year, more than double and possibly triple the number who did so in 2014, according to an analysis by The New York Time
At least 165,000 children, or one
of every six eligible students, sat
out at least one of the two standardized tests this year, more than double and possibly triple the number who did so in 2014, according to an analysis by The New York Time
at least one
of the two
standardized tests this year, more than double and possibly triple the number who did so in 2014, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
Volunteer activists in the
test resistance movement who formed United Opt
Out in 2011 have become so disruptive to the standardized testing establishment that their website was recently «hacked into and destroyed — along with a great deal of their web - based educational tools,» according to a report at Alternet, including «years of research, with an archive of guides and tutorials for opting out tailored specifically to almost every U.S. state.&raq
Out in 2011 have become so disruptive to the
standardized testing establishment that their website was recently «hacked into and destroyed — along with a great deal
of their web - based educational tools,» according to a report
at Alternet, including «years
of research, with an archive
of guides and tutorials for opting
out tailored specifically to almost every U.S. state.&raq
out tailored specifically to almost every U.S. state.»
Parents
at Castle Bridge Elementary School in New York City overwhelmingly opted their children
out of a
standardized test that ultimately had to be canceled due to the lack
of participation.
We use
standardized tests as our means
of sorting
out kids, and saying «you're
at the top, and you're
at the bottom.»
Around the country, parents who object to
standardized testing are publicly discussing the idea
of «opting
out,» either by keeping their children
at home on
test dates or by permitting them to abstain from
testing.
We heard many stories about SBAC
testing that are common to high - stakes,
standardized tests: the
tests dramatically disrupted the educational process, deprived students
of hours
of instructional time, reduced stressed
out students to tears, and monopolized the computer labs and libraries in service
of test administration for weeks
at a time.
As much as I can understand some
of the motivations behind opting
out of standardized tests, I think it complicates the goal
of helping all students to achieve
at higher levels and close long standing academic achievement gaps.
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.»
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