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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

NYC Educator: Private Funding For Public Testing

NYC Educator: Private Funding For Public Testing

Private Funding For Public Testing

Earlier this year, the New York State Regents canceled the January 2012 Regents exams.

You see, there was no money in the state piggy bank for the January Regents exams.

Not after the Regents needed to implement all those other state tests as part of the Race to the Top program that requires students be tested in all subjects at every grade level and teachers be evaluated using these scores.

Not after the austerity budget Tea Party Democrat Andrew Cuomo had