Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters and board member of the Network for Public Education, responded to Biden’s broken promise about suspending the testing.
She wrote:
Today, Ian Rosenblum acting Asst. Sec. of the US Dept. of Education announced that states would NOT be given a waiver from administering standardized exams – though ten had already requested them, including New York. Rosenblum is the formerly the Ed Asst. to Cuomo, and then worked at the pro-testing outfit Ed Trust, headed by John King.
His letter is here; article in Chalkbeat here. The letter does say that the tests could be shortened, given over the summer (!) or even next fall.
Surprising and depressing that they would make this announcement before Miguel Cardona, appointed as CONTINUE READING: Leonie Haimson: Biden’s Absurd Decision to Impose the Tests: Opt Out! | Diane Ravitch's blog