Testing Déjà Vu

New year, new testing vendor, Questar, new Commissioner Elia, same problems…..

Any wonder why record numbers of families will opt out this year….

Here are some commentaries and articles of interest from the recent testing season.

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Did you know this week is National Library week?  Sadly in elementary and middle schools across NYS our Libraries will be testing centers.

 

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Reactions to the NYS Assessments from teachers & parents:

Did you know that there were missing planning pages from last week’s ELA test?  Due to the last minute notice from NYSED, many students across NYS, including at HMS, did not receive hear about the corrections and took the test under different conditions.

Should the questions impacted be thrown out?

Spring 2016 NYS ELA Testing Update – The Feedback https://t.co/MoPXJjy9eK

— Brian Wasson (@bwasson) April 9, 2016

Many teachers report incomprehensible passages & questions on ELA exams & kids testing for up to 5 hrs-see comments https://t.co/798E5fU875

— leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson) April 9, 2016

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Pearson Tests https://t.co/CJKMRQInat… @Stoptesting15 @rastamick @TeacherArthurG @leoniehaimson

— CriticalClassrooms (@lapham_katie) April 11, 2016

Wow! Perfectly stated. @TheBuffaloNews are you listening.
'The Face of Opt Out"https://t.co/JLviyKzl2I

— Chris Cerrone (@Stoptesting15) April 9, 2016

My own students were testing for hours. One boy tested from 10am until nearly 2:30pm. He had to eat his lunch in… https://t.co/6JqPNzfbbC

— Angie Polino-Ferris (@nysgoddess) April 10, 2016

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In the news:

A @lohud Editorial: #optoutmovement can be slowed next year if change comes https://t.co/XeqU0ovk6e @wpsba @nyschoolboards @NYSchoolSupts

— Gary Stern (@GarySternNY) April 10, 2016

Letter: Want to stem opt-out movement? Rebuild trust https://t.co/5nvXeh7nhv via @lohud.com

— NYSCOSS (@NYSchoolSupts) April 7, 2016

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Sarcasm….

With so many errors on this year's NY Common Core tests, it is safe to say the tests are aligned with @NYSEDNews modules.

— lacetothetop (@lacetothetop) April 8, 2016

What is the over/under on corrections needed for next week's NYS Math Assessments? #optout2016

— Chris Cerrone (@Stoptesting15) April 9, 2016

 

 

 

Questar/NYSED aligned test prep materials are out: pic.twitter.com/tatX3ExglC

— lacetothetop (@lacetothetop) April 8, 2016