John King Thinks New York Has "Very High-Quality Common Core Assessments"
Yeah, he really does.He said so when he was asked by Gotham Schools if New York would be moving to the PARCC consortium assessments any time soon: “I suspect that we will perhaps move more slowly than some other states since we know that we have in place very high-quality Common Core assessments,” King said. Let's see, what were the complaints about those state tests last April?(NOTE: I refuse to
Assemblyman Steve Englebright Calls For NYSED Commissioner John King To Be Removed
Joining Diane Ravitch and Mark Naison in calling for John King's ouster is Assemblyman Steve Englebright:While Comsewogue Superintendent Joe Rella asked last week that his state legislators either help him change the state testing system, or remove him from office, his elected Assemblyman, Steve Englebright, would prefer that someone else be removed: the state Education Commissioner, John King. "T
Will The State Senate Hearings Into The NYSED/Regents Education Reforms Matter?
I missed this story from last week, but it looks to be an important one:The chairman of the New York State Senate Education Committee will hold hearings next month on the state's controversial educational reforms. Sen. John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, said he will hold several hearings across the state, starting in Long Island in mid-September. He said the topics will include, among o
Pearson Screws Up Again - This Time In Virginia
The incompetents at Pearson do it again:Pearson, the world’s largest education and testing company, provided incorrect scorecards for more than 4,000 students in Virginia who took an alternative assessment last school year. That mistake led to many parents receiving news this summer that their children had passed the test when they had failed it.“We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this
Diane Ravitch Calls For NYSED Commissioner John King's Resignation
Send this call for King's removal around to everybody you know.Ravitch calls for him to resign but gives the Regents contact information, knowing that King will not go without pressure applied.I would add the contact information of the New York State Assembly and Senate members, along eith Speaker Sheldon Silver's contact information.Silver is very close to Merryl Tisch.If Shelly and his members s
Teen's Bad Grades Used As One Reason To Not Place Him On Heart Transplant List
This doesn't seem like a real story, but it is:Doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta estimate that without a heart transplant, 15-year-old Anthony Stokes will die within three to six months from heart failure. Yet despite his prognosis, they refuse to put Anthony on the transplant list, telling his family he doesn’t qualify due to “a history of non-compliance” characterized by “low grades an
8-13-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: McGraw Hill Loses Regents Exams, NYCDOE Makes Students Retake The TestsJust outrageous:Students from a Chelsea high school have to retake their English Regents exams today after their original tests fell off the back of a truck on their way to be graded, the teachers union said last night. The United Federation of Teachers said about 75 11th-grade students from Chelsea Caree