Please Complete This Survey on Opting Out of Standardized Testing
Researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University, are conducting a survey on opting out of standardized tests. You can help them by completing their survey. I...
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A Bold Idea for Testing: Opt-In
The Ossining, New York, school district has a creative response to the federal mandate to administer tests at a time when children’s lives have been...
Denisha Jones: The Day Joe Biden Lied to Me About Standardized Testing
Denisha Jones explains here what happened at a televised event in Pittsburgh when she asked candidate Joe Biden if he would eliminate standardized testing. Denisha...
New York: A Sample Opt Out Letter
LisaM says: Oh, you tell that to all the administrators and state Ed people I had to deal with. If one didn’t send their child...
NYSAPE Urges Parents to Opt Out of Biden Testing
New York State Allies for Public Education has led the successful opt out movement in their state for years. As much as 20% of all...
New York: Cuomo’s Pathetic Attempt to Pretend He is Not Really Asking Bill Gates to Reinvent Education
When Governor Cuomo got the blowback from parents and educators who were outraged at the idea that he invited Bill Gates (and now Eric Schmidt...
Fred Smith: How Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein Nudged Test Scores to Get Bragging Rights
The scores arrived in May, and with them, the bluntest warning yet. Just before the results were released, a member of the Regents named Betty...
Opting Out: The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools
This is a book you will want to read if you are a parent, a teacher, a teacher educator. Opting Out: The Story of the...
NYSAPE: Opt Out Movement Denounces State Tests, Again
https://www.nysape.org/nysape-pr-opt-remains-strong.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2019More information contact:Jeanette Deutermann (516) 902-9228; [email protected] Karmen (917) 807-9969; [email protected] York State Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE) Opt-Out...