Tag: common core

“We have local control. It’s up to us to do a great job with our curriculum…”

The Onteora Central School District Board of Education approved new parameters for the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) at its ...

(Photo by Will Dendis) Assemblyman Pete Lopez will host an education forum in Saugerties next Wednesday, May 18 at 6 ...

This week, Saugerties joined school districts across New York in administering state assessments in math for students in grades three ...

While the Saugerties Central School District appears to be leaning toward allowing teachers to determine how students who opt out ...

Recess forum at Onteora. (photo by Lisa Childers) The Onteora Central School District Middle School grades six-and-seven have been flagged ...

Paul Padalino. (Photo: Dan Barton) With the controversy over standardized testing in public schools still at a rolling boil, some ...

The total portion of Saugerties students opting out of the grades 3-8 assessments was 23 percent for English Language Arts ...

The April 14 School Board meeting included several discussions and speeches on the issue of state-mandated tests. The full video ...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) Sixty-one percent. Forty-three percent. Fifty-three percent. Last week, numbers flew all over social media, reporting the ...

Last week, huge numbers of students opted out of state-mandated Common Core English tests. Local numbers include 61 percent in ...

Since everything I learned I did not learn on Facebook hence my lack of use or need for such social ...

Trustee Angie Minew and daughters Saying it baffled her that parents are questioning testing, Trustee Angie Minew accused teachers' unions ...

A demonstration Monday, April 13, at Academy Green against the Common Core curriculum and its attendant testing. (Esther Joy/ProjectEJ.com) Some ...

Saugerties students who opted out of the grades 3–8 standardized tests this week were treated with something else to do: more ...

Changes to state tests due to the new Common Core standards have created protests among parents whose children in grades-three-through-eight ...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) Many educators expect more students to opt out of the Common Core grades 3-8 English and ...

A proliferation of standardized tests, a succession of carrot-and-stick reform proposals coming down from higher levels of government, the promotion ...

A letter was issued by BOE President George Heidcamp and posted on the district website on March 26 and appeared ...

For those who may not know, it is legal in New York for a parent to refuse their child’s participation ...