Three weeks of lost teacher time to scoring this year!
Not only will there be six days of standardized testing this spring, with 70 minutes more in math and 25 minutes more for our poor third grade students, but there will also be three WEEKS in which teachers will be removed from the classroom to score these exams. Unless, that is, a school can afford thousands of dollars to pay their way out of this situation, which few can afford after years of cuts. The DOE used to pay teachers per session (over vacation) to score these tests, but in a move a few years ago that was publicized as "cuts" to central administration, they shifted the costs to schools instead. The following is from a NYC teacher who prefers to remain anonymous:
Onceagain DOE is demanding that schools send teachers during the school day tograde standardized tests. This year