Rise & Shine: New report to detail state’s low test standards

by Philissa Cramer, at 6:57 am

A forthcoming report details low standards on state tests. (Post, NY1, S.I. Advance)
Some are skeptical about the state’s will to raise standards. (GothamSchools)
Thieves stole laptop computers from PS 107 for the second time in a month. (Brooklyn Paper)
City teachers are among many getting kudos from former students on Facebook. (Times)
In D.C., scores are down at elementary schools but up at middle and high schools. (Washington Post)

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http://incongressional.com Esteban Rodriguez

I wrote on incongressional.com about how states are dumbing down tests to make themselves look better. How else would politicians who say “Judge me on the schools” get re-elected?

The link has graphs from a study shown at a congressional hearing on the reauthorization of NCLB.

http://www.incongressional.com/department-of-ed-race-to-the-bottom/

Overheard just now at a Common Core training: "Is this for third grade?" "Yes, but it used to be for fourth." Context: http://t.co/sToNlRp8 2 hrs ago
For some city math teachers, conversion to new Common Core standards may be tough http://t.co/RN55Se2E 4 hrs ago
For more about @OlympusAcademy, whose principal is speaking at #RTTT announcement right now, read our story: http://t.co/1Zb3JLkT 6 hrs ago
P.S. 59, a crowded Manhattan school, is closing its pre-K program to make room for waitlisted students: http://t.co/lbqBlu4D via @DNAInfo 10 hrs ago
For our morning readers: all about a transfer school where students zip toward a diploma at their own pace — online: http://t.co/1Zb3JLkT 11 hrs ago
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