A promised order of 1.5 million COVID-19 tests that was supposed to heading to CT is not coming.
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Connecticut’s SBAC testing will bring an egregious contradiction
Generalizations like “efficiency,” “accountability,” and “reliability” have been used time and again to describe the benefits of standardized tests. SBAC is no different. However, before Connecticut lawmakers authorize SBAC testing in Connecticut, they should understand what those terms mean for the parents, teachers, and, most significantly, students who will, day in, day out, live with the realities these terms eschew.
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One educator’s wish list for renewal of No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act is up for renewal. Most famous was its promise of having all U.S. students proficient in reading and math by 2014. That was the year the U.S. would again be number one in education; that year has come and gone. Here is my wish list for the No Child Left Behind reauthorization.
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What you should know about this year’s standardized testing
Thousands of students across Connecticut will begin taking controversial new standardized tests today that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Here is what parents and students should know.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut education needs clearer vision, better objectives
The opportunity for Connecticut to establish a dynamic vision for its 21st Century public schools is here. In this commentary, a dozen Connecticut superintendents of schools lay out their ideas on how to find a new and better direction for the advancement of the state’s public schools.
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Connecticut education needs clearer vision, better objectives
The opportunity for Connecticut to establish a dynamic vision for its 21st Century public schools is here. In this commentary, a dozen Connecticut superintendents of schools lay out their ideas on how to find a new and better direction for the advancement of the state’s public schools.
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Op-Ed: Sen. Blumenthal, please put an end to high-stakes standardized testing
Sen. Richard Blumenthal needs an education on the toxic effect that high-stakes testing has had on Connecticut’s schools. He is sadly mistaken if he believes a test will change any of the poverty, family disfunction or other socioeconomic conditions that get in the way of educating children.
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Sen. Blumenthal, please put an end to high-stakes standardized testing
Sen. Richard Blumenthal needs an education on the toxic effect that high-stakes testing has had on Connecticut’s schools. He is sadly mistaken if he believes a test will change any of the poverty, family disfunction or other socioeconomic conditions that get in the way of educating children.
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Op-ed: Still more standardized testing? Listen to the youth.
A bilingual student remembered being told in first grade, ‘You have to do this because you’re preparing for the test,’ but the standardized test wasn’t given until 3rd grade.
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Still more standardized testing? Listen to the youth.
A bilingual student remembered being told in first grade, ‘You have to do this because you’re preparing for the test,’ but the standardized test wasn’t given until 3rd grade.