NEWS FLASH on SBAC: Beware the cozy relationship between Malloy and the Education Reform Industry.
Prior to the Malloy administration even announcing that they would be releasing the 2015 SBAC results today, the state’s two major corporate funded education reform lobby groups, ConnCAN and the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER), invited reporters to join a “media call” in which the groups would discuss the SBAC results. Then, just as quickly, the call was cancelled.
As we learned this morning – Friday, August 28, 2015 – Governor Malloy’s administration is finally releasing the 2015 SBAC results this afternoon, but the super-secret nature of the information didn’t stop ConnCAN and CCER from announcing on Wednesday that they were holding a “press call” this morning so that the two pro-Common Core, pro-Common Core testing, pro-charter school, anti-teacher advocacy groups could discuss the SBAC results with the media — prior to those results actually being released.
And then, when questions arose about what communication had taken place between the Malloy administration and the two lobbing groups, ConnCAN and CCER quickly cancelled the media call, leaving one wondering whether the Malloy administration broke the law by refusing to give information about the SBAC results to the media and Connecticut citizens while actually providing the information to the two private lobbying entities.
Here is what ConnCAN and CCER sent out:
ConnCAN and CCER to Host Press Call and Outline Expectations for the Smarter Balance Assessment Results***Media Press Call on Friday, August 28, 2015 at 10:00 AM EST***
Please Click Here to Register for the Call
–Call-in number will be made available upon registration–
Media Participants Should Dial-In 5-10 Minutes Prior to Call Start TimeNew Haven, CT — The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) has teamed up with the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) to host a press briefing call, which will walk reporters through theirNEWS FLASH on SBAC: Beware the cozy relationship between Malloy and the Education Reform Industry. - Wait What?:
CT SBAC Results – It’s a Friday afternoon in August – Good time to release the results – Today at noon!
Governor Dannel Malloy’s administration is finally ready to release the 2015 SBAC results!
Two months after parents in Washington State and Oregon were informed about how their state’s children did on the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC tests, Connecticut will finally get the news today about how our children “performed” on the absurd testing fiasco.
The first rule of modern government and politics is that when you don’t want people to know something, release the information on a Friday. If possible, a Friday in August is best time to make something “public” if the goal is to make sure the public doesn’t actually hear about it. The technique is an “art form” and strategy that the Malloy administration has used repeatedly over the past five years.
So now, after the spending more than $50 million dollars in state funds over the post two years on the new Common Core standardized testing scheme, and local school districts spending millions more, the Connecticut State Department will be revealing the test results this afternoon… A Friday afternoon in August.
In addition, apparently the wait for the CMT/CAPT Science test is finally over as well. While the Common Core and Common Core testing scheme has obliterated the usefulness of the Math and English Language tests, the traditional testing process is still being used to measure whether students are learning the state’s science curriculum.
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