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
learning.
Compared to Chicago Public Schools» district - wide 1 - point improvement in the same period, these two schools improved by 8 and 10 points, respectively, on the
student - teacher
trust measure of the 5Essentials Survey — a school climate survey based on more than 20 years
of research that found schools strong on three or more
of the 5Essential components were ten times more likely to improve
student learning gains.