List of States Abandoning SBAC, PARCC Growing
Connecticut is one of only 14 states still using SBAC. A recent report on state testing by Education Week shows that 61% of public school students live in states that…
PEAC Considers Allowing Increased Flexibility for Local Districts
As teachers around the state are writing, emailing, and calling their legislators, asking them to pass a bill to permanently decouple SBAC from their evaluations, the committee that advises the…
Panel Discussion with Black and Latino Parents and Educators on Opting Out
Tomorrow—Thursday, March 31—Trinity College is hosting a panel discussion titled Challenging the Test: Black & Latino Activists Tell Their Stories. Join Black and Latino teachers, parents, students, and education leaders…
Friedrichs Ruling: An Important Step Forward
Today’s 4-4 Supreme Court decision in Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association is an important step forward for students, teachers, unions, and communities. The decision protects the individual and collective bargaining…
New Teachers Learn How Their Union Supports Their Work in the Classroom
“You are the future of CEA,” Suffield teacher Mark Janick told teachers gathered this morning at the CEA New Teacher Conference at Mohegan Sun Convention Center. The annual conference for…
Education Committee Puts Children Before Politics—Takes Big Step Toward Decoupling SBAC from Teacher Evaluation
Teachers across the state are applauding the legislature’s Education Committee today for putting children before politics and moving the SBAC/teacher evaluation debate forward. The Committee voted to send SB 380—the…
Education Researchers Push to Ban SBAC
More and more voices are joining the chorus calling for an end to invalid, high-stakes, standardized assessments. Researchers at prestigious California universities are speaking out and raising questions about the…
Growth Over Time on SBAC—A False Promise for Students Not at Grade Level
“Teachers are all for accountability that’s going to be valid,” Bridgeport math teacher Mia Dimbo told reporters and legislators this morning. “We want to be accountable with something that really…
CEA Wants Decisive Action on SBAC and Teacher Evaluation
Raising their voices today before an advisory committee to the state Board of Education and speaking up at a legislative public hearing on Monday, teachers are making it clear that…
CEA Standing Up for Student, Parent, and Teacher Rights
“This bill is essentially a hostile takeover of Network Schools—it’s incredibly anti-democratic,” CEA Director of Policy, Research, and Reform Donald Williams told legislators yesterday, saying that CEA strongly opposes Senate…