NYSUT demands end to 'broken' testing structure
ALBANY, N.Y. April 27, 2012 - Acting decisively to give voice to the pain and frustration that students and teachers are experiencing over state testing, the 600,000-member New York State United Teachers today called for an end to the state's current testing system which it said is harming children and hindering real learning.
In a resolution overwhelmingly adopted by more than 2,000 delegates to its Representative Assembly in Buffalo, NYSUT urged the State Education Department to reduce the focus on questionable standardized tests in favor of other measures of student learning that are more "accurate, fair and appropriate."
"New York's testing system is broken. Teachers know it. Parents know it. And students know it," said NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi. "The State Education Department is not doing its job. Students and teachers deserve tests that are fair,
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