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There is a plan to ditch the Florida Standards Assessment known as the FSA. Gov. Ron DeSantis said it’s outdated but something will have to take its place. “It’s gonna be more student-friendly,” DeSantis said. “It’s gonna be more parent-friendly. It’s gonna be more teacher-friendly.” Bob Schaeffer is the executive director of Fair Test, the […]
In Rhode Island, Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green said Friday that students will follow federal regulations and take the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System starting later this month. She emphasized, however, that the test results will not be used to evaluate schools or school districts as they have in the past. Infante-Green said the tests are a critical tool to determine how much learning loss has occurred during the pandemic, especially for students who were already struggling academically. “It’s really important for us to know if this child is one year behin...
Feeling the stress of standardized tests can be a useful exercise for students Jay Mathews, The Washington Post March 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A recent story in the Los Angeles Times reminded me of stubborn contradictions in the way we think about schools and tests. The headline said: "Schools Stick To Testing Despite Stress." L.A. Times reporter Melissa Gomez began, "Despite deep concerns over elevating student stress just as children are returning to school, standardized testing will take place this spring for about 4.3 million California students." Our concern about the stress of stat...
My Turn: Say no to the the MCAS, this year more than ever Published: 1/27/2021 3:56:34 PM There is an increasing push from around the state to suspend giving the MCAS this school year due to the pandemic. While there have been major concerns about the MCAS for years and years, even before the pandemic, now that most districts are holding classes remotely the concerns about the testing are getting louder and more insistent. Children have lost family members. Their parents have lost jobs or are carrying out jobs that place them at risk of getting COVID. Families are struggling to eat, to keep ...
Need further assistance? Please call Member Services at 1-800-333-0663 Poor Security at Online Proctoring Company May Have Put Student Data at Risk Leaked software from Proctortrack raises questions about how carefully schools evaluate test-monitoring companies By Thomas Germain