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Standardized Testing, COVID-19, and Opting Out
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Standardized Testing, COVID-19, and Opting Out

The contract with Pearson to renew their contract for the gifted exam is to be voted upon on January 27 by the Panel for Education Policy; people who would like to speak on this contract can register here, starting at 5:30 PM. 

NYSAPE petition urging the State Commissioner to cancel the Regents high school exit exams and to ask the US Department of Education for a waiver from having to administer the 3rd-8th grade exams this spring.

FairTest petition to the US Department of Education and State education policymakers to suspend all high stakes testing this year.

Fact sheet on what’s wrong with the Regents graduation exit exams.

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The Wire: Powered by Educators of NYC
Talk Out of School
A weekly podcast and radio show on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC, hosted by Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters, and Daniel Alicea of Educators of NYC. We speak about the issues and controversies affecting public schools and public education in New York City, statewide and nationally.