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ConnectionsShould Regents exams be overhauled? It’s a question that the state Board of Regents plans to study this fall as it considers revisiting New York’s…
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ConnectionsWith the start of the school year, we have a conversation standardized testing. Daniel Koretz is the author of "The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make…
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Leaders of the opt-out movement say they're still not pleased with New York state's Common Core-based tests and the pressures they place on students and…
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ConnectionsConnections: Poet Sara Holbrook, who couldn't answer standardized test questions about her own poemsHave you heard the remarkable story of the poet, Sara Holbrook, whose work was selected for standardized test questions in Texas? Holbrook took the test…
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The state’s education commissioner said she’s fighting a proposal by her predecessor, now the federal education secretary, to punish schools with a high…
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ALBANY (AP) Time is running out to take part in New York state's public opinion survey on the Common Core learning standards.The online survey closes…
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State English and math tests in grades 3-8 are coming in the next several weeks, and school districts across the state have debated how to handle them.…
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Fair funding for public education and a moratorium on state tests. That’s what some Rochester area parents, educators, union members and activists called…