Nearly half of Oceanside and Island Park students were opted out of state English tests last week.
This is an increase for both districts, when about third of students opted out from the English …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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4/13/16
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State tests for English and Math are next month, and the Herald wants to know — is your child taking the tests? Or are you opting them out? Why or why not? We want to hear from you! Please call at …
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3/23/16
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The recent moratorium on tying student test scores to teacher evaluations is surely a step in the right direction. If, indeed, test scores are low due to a poor rollout of the Common Core program, …
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By Ilyse Milberg
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1/6/16
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In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/16/15
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In its final report issued last Thursday, Governor Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers’ …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/16/15
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The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part.
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12/3/15
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Forgive us for being skeptical when we hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo use words like “transparent” and “reform” when he’s talking about his new 15-member Common Core Task Force . . .
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10/15/15
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I am angry with Governor Cuomo. No, I am furious.
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9/17/15
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Nassau BOCES installed former East Meadow School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Dillon as its new district superintendent at a board meeting on Aug. 20.
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By David Weingrad
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8/27/15
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More than 200,000 New York students “opted out” of the grades three-through-eight Common Core English and math exams this spring.
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8/19/15
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