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EM Board of Ed: Test prep not the focus of learning

Amid receiving the results of the New York State English Language Arts and math tests, the East Meadow Board of Education maintained that state test preparation should not be the focus of the … more

By Brian Stieglitz | 10/4/18

State must get teaching standards right this time

In the remarkable 2014 film “Whiplash,” J.K. Simmons plays Terence Fletcher, a maniacal music professor at an elite East Coast conservatory bent on producing the next truly great jazz musician . . . more

9/21/17

Here we go again: a new set of learning standards

New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core. more

6/1/17

State must lead on Common Core testing

Nearly 95,000 Long Island children in grades three through eight — roughly 52 percent of the total — did not take the New York state standardized English Language Arts exam last week, as the “opt-out” movement continued . . . more

4/6/17

A bill requiring public schools to test for lead in their water is expected to be signed by Governor Cuomo.

Lead testing bill passes in both houses

Last week, a bill requiring all public schools to test their water for lead was given the green light by both the Senate and the Assembly, and is expected to be signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 6/21/16

Dr. Ron Marino, of Winthrop University Hospital, said lead’s threat to school-age children is much less serious than it is for infants and toddlers.

Bill proposes required lead testing in schools

Most schools on Long Island are not required to test for lead in their water by either the federal or state government. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 6/14/16

The East Meadow Board of Education presented its new policy on field testing to the public at the April 21 communications meeting.

East Meadow School District rejects field testing

The East Meadow Board of Education recently announced that students in third through eighth grades would no longer take the field tests that the creators of the State Education Department’s … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/12/16

The opt-out rate in the East Meadow School District doubled this year, according to administrators

East Meadow’s opt-out rate doubles for state ELA exams

The number of East Meadow students who refused the state English Language Arts assessments last week doubled from the total just one year ago, and Superintendent Leon Campo said that more than half … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/14/16

Superintendent search begins, ‘healing’ continues

When community members walk into Superintendent Leon Campo’s office in the Salisbury Center — which also bears his name, in honor of his decades of service to the East Meadow School … more

By Julie Mansmann | 2/10/16

Views on standardized testing

Standardized testing began in America in the mid-1800s, a practice spurred by leaders’ sincere desire to develop comprehensive, unbiased and uniform measures to compare students from diverse … more

By Ayyan Zubair | 1/29/16

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