New York State Parents Say No to Common Core Testing
From the blog, NYC Public School Parents:
Will one teacher please copy the whole test and post it anonymously on the internet for all to see? We need to dismantle this by the best Edward Snowden means possible.
From Fox News, New York:
Indelecato, a member of the parent group NYS Allies for Public Education, said she has been picking up her son at the beginning of the testing sessions and going to the library, where they review reading arts and math as well as lessons in the civil disobedience of such historical figures as Rosa Parks.
"I feel like I’m teaching him leadership and strong self-confidence, qualities that I feel are good for the development of a young child,” she said. “I’m trying to instill in him that sometimes it’s important to be polite but disobedient. Sometimes it’s needed because the leaders are not always going to be right."
As students across New York state began taking the 90-minute tests, parents have been given the option of keeping children from participating. But in many districts the kids are not being allowed to use the time to read or do homework during the testing periods, which continue for the next six days.
“The children should not be punished because of our fundamental right to want what’s best for their educational development,” Indelecato said. “I feel that the district is trying to use the powers of persuasion to get parents to have their kids participate in the testing.”
On Monday, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who is running for governor of New York, released an online video in which he had harsh words for the Common Core standards and announced that he would not have his children participate in the round of testing.
“After speaking at length with my wife Sheila, who’s a special education teacher, I am announcing today that my children will join with thousands of other school kids tomorrow, statewide, in refusing to take the Cuomo Common Core test,” he said in the video released by his campaign. “They will be in school, but they will opt out of the exam, as is their legal right.”
It's one size fits all and that's not how children learn," he said. "Just because we are opposed to the Common Core does not mean we are opposed to bettering standards.
Will one teacher please copy the whole test and post it anonymously on the internet for all to see? We need to dismantle this by the best Edward Snowden means possible.
From Fox News, New York:
Indelecato, a member of the parent group NYS Allies for Public Education, said she has been picking up her son at the beginning of the testing sessions and going to the library, where they review reading arts and math as well as lessons in the civil disobedience of such historical figures as Rosa Parks.
"I feel like I’m teaching him leadership and strong self-confidence, qualities that I feel are good for the development of a young child,” she said. “I’m trying to instill in him that sometimes it’s important to be polite but disobedient. Sometimes it’s needed because the leaders are not always going to be right."
As students across New York state began taking the 90-minute tests, parents have been given the option of keeping children from participating. But in many districts the kids are not being allowed to use the time to read or do homework during the testing periods, which continue for the next six days.
“The children should not be punished because of our fundamental right to want what’s best for their educational development,” Indelecato said. “I feel that the district is trying to use the powers of persuasion to get parents to have their kids participate in the testing.”
On Monday, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who is running for governor of New York, released an online video in which he had harsh words for the Common Core standards and announced that he would not have his children participate in the round of testing.
“After speaking at length with my wife Sheila, who’s a special education teacher, I am announcing today that my children will join with thousands of other school kids tomorrow, statewide, in refusing to take the Cuomo Common Core test,” he said in the video released by his campaign. “They will be in school, but they will opt out of the exam, as is their legal right.”
It's one size fits all and that's not how children learn," he said. "Just because we are opposed to the Common Core does not mean we are opposed to bettering standards.
Comments
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Julian : )
Julian
I'm expecting Melissa to delete this comment as well as yours.
But before she does so, let me say that taking screenshots is even more revealing than copying test booklets. In order to see the online operational test, you would need to log in to an operational test with a test ticket. That, in and of itself, would reveal the person doing so. And if you let a student log in and take screenshots while they're taking the test, you would be fairly obvious and obviously unethical.
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Westside
--- swk"
--enough already
The previous commenter was attempting to identify my current place of employment and that was over the line.
I am grateful to Melissa for her anonymity policy and her enforcement of this policy.
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Callme Ed
So, what have I done to justify your sarcasm and not-so-veiled disdain?
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#silly
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