As I have repeatedly said would eventually happen, the teacher unions are turning against Common Core in New York and threatening to do the same in other states if high
stakes tests aligned to those standards are put in place.
Not exact matches
The unions» petition follows their aggressive push for a three - year moratorium on using
tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core
standards for «high
stakes» decisions affecting teachers and students.
The petition comes as the union continues
to call for a three - year moratorium on using
tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core
standards for «high
stakes» decisions affecting teachers and students.
In the coming weeks, more states are slated
to release the scores for their students who took the high -
stakes tests, many of which were
aligned with the Common Core
standards for the first time.
With threats of federal repercussions waylaid by the government shutdown, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a bill that suspends most standardized
tests and replaces them with a no -
stakes field
test aligned to the new Common Core
standards.
We know states are changing their
tests to align to the new
standards, and those changes have inevitably bred uncertainty, anxiety, and even hostility, especially when results could carry high
stakes someday.
The AFT has called for an end
to the
testing obsession and for a moratorium on the high -
stakes consequences attached
to the Common Core State
Standards -
aligned assessments until the more rigorous
standards have been implemented properly.
Until more states eliminate
testing, participation in high
stakes state
tests aligned to the
standards is required of special education students.