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.
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6/1/17
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While there is still some work to do, Levittown School District officials say they are pleased with last year’s test scores, which were reviewed at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 16.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/23/15
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New York state test scores were released two weeks ago, but what they mean is questionable, according to local school officials, because so many students did not take the tests this year.
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By Micah Danney
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8/27/15
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New York State test scores were released last week, but the rising trend of test refusals means that results are no longer indicative of a district’s performance.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/19/15
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I want to enumerate the many reasons I’m so against making test scores count for 50 percent of the ratings.
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6/24/15
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Now that the State Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have apparently reached a budget agreement that includes a revised teacher evaluation system, we hope the State Education Department takes the time to create effective and judicious rules . . .
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4/2/15
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For the third straight year, Seaford High School has been named a Reward School by the New York State Department of Education. The announcement was made by Superintendent Brian Conboy at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 4.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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9/10/14
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The second year of Common Core testing showed improved results, but passing rates still fell well below past levels.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/27/14
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In the second year of the Common Core curriculum, Lynbrook and East Rockaway both saw mixed results on state standardized tests, with scores rising in all but one grade level on the math exam but …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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8/27/14
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Minority and poor students in Rockville Centre are continually under-performing compared with their white and wealthier peers, data recently released by New York state shows.
The statistics come …
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By Alex Costello
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5/7/14
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