Open Letter to the New York State Regents from
New York State Professors Against High Stakes Testing
March 30, 2012
As lifelong educators and researchers, from across the State of New York, we
strongly oppose New York State's continued reliance on high stakes standardized
testing in public schools as the primary criterion for assessing student
achievement, evaluating teacher effectiveness, and determining school quality.
We write to express our professional consensus and concern, and to offer our
assistance to the Regents in generating educationally sound alternatives to
high-stakes testing as the primary strategy for assessment in New York State.
Researchers and educational organizations have consistently documented, and a
nine-year study by the National Research Council has recently confirmed, that
