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Colorado should cancel majority of CMAS testing, Irish Elementary teacher testifies Molly Bohannon, Fort Collins Coloradoan Poudre School District working to provide support for students in remote learning Replay Video Mark Bartlett was not in his class at Irish Elementary School on Friday morning.  Instead, Bartlett joined a number of other educators and school administrators who testified virtually in front of the Colorado House Committee on Education in favor of a bill th...

Mark Bartlett was not in his class at Irish Elementary School on Friday morning.  Instead, Bartlett joined a number of other educators and school administrators who testified virtually in front of the Colorado House Committee on Education in favor of a bill that would require the Colorado Department of Education to request a federal waiver to suspend portions of Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, testing for the year.  "After nearly a year of unconventional education, were pl...

Feds won’t invite ‘blanket waivers’ on standardized tests, but Michigan superintendent says pandemic flexibility exists Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 02, 2021 Desks are set up within social distancing and COVID-19 protocols ahead of the March 1 start date, seen here on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 at McMonagle Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com Facebook Share Thousands of Michigan students are learning virtually but schools are still requir...

State responds to letter saying the U.S. Department of Education will not grant blanket waivers from annual statewide assessments

More than 300 days have passed since public schools in Massachusetts had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, resorting instead to remote or hybrid learning programs that have proved inferior for many students. Yet, at least in Massachusetts, there isn’t reliable data to assess the stunted progress and outright learning loss that many students have experienced during this time. That’s why the announcement last month that a modified version of the MCAS will be administered this year is ...

When leading assessment providers released data in November on pandemic-related learning loss, the news wasn’t as dreadful as some had predicted. But new attempts to dig deeper into the results from two states now show that many students, particularly those in the elementary grades, have made far less progress than they would have in a […]

School districts won’t be able to chart a path forward without an accurate measurement of what’s been lost.

Math teacher holds class from car to avoid COVID risk, as DeKalb County orders teachers back to school Thousands of educators have died across the country and there’s no sense in putting us at risk if we don’t need to. Author: Natisha Lance (11Alive) Updated: 12:41 AM EST February 9, 2021 DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County school district closed several buildings for cleaning due to the coronavirus. It comes less than a week after its teachers were orde...

AURORA — One Colorado charter network has kept its doors open for in-person learning all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic, and in that time no student, faculty or staff

AURORA — One Colorado charter network has kept its doors open for in-person learning all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic, and in that time no student, faculty or staff member has transmitted the virus to another person. Third Future Schools, a system of free public K-8 charters (one in Aurora, two in Colorado Springs, and one in Texas), has managed to keep a majority of its 1,440 students safely showing up for full days of school. As for the secret, Third Future educators say there is n...