New Master’s Degree Requirement Only Applies to New Graduates
A law that just went into effect will impact teachers getting their first Connecticut educator certificate on or after July 1, 2016, but educators who already hold a Connecticut educator…
National Teacher of the Year Talks Evaluations, Ranking Schools, and Giving Back
“There’s this common misconception that teachers don’t like evaluation, and that’s not accurate at all,” National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes told WNPR’s Lucy Nalpathanchil. In an interview yesterday…
PEAC Looks to Waiver Districts, Considers Increased Flexibility
When it comes to compliance with the state teacher evaluation guidelines, some districts are in a class by themselves. These are the school districts that developed locally grown evaluation plans…
Why We Opt-Out: CT Black & Latino Parents Discuss SBAC
Although much of the media coverage surrounding parents opting their children out of state tests has focused on white, suburban parents, these families are not alone in taking a stand…
New CEA TV Ad Steps Up Campaign Against Unreliable Testing
Teachers are turning up the volume on the problem of unreliable testing that has overtaken Connecticut public school classrooms. “We are airing new TV and digital ads that raise awareness—from…
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…
More Testing, More Test Prep in Public Schools
More evidence that the amount of time devoted to standardized testing and test prep in public schools is on the rise is in today with the results of a survey…
CEA to Introduce New Teacher Evaluation Guidelines for PEAC Review
CEA is proposing significant, concrete improvements to Connecticut’s teacher evaluation guidelines based on new opportunity in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that passed the U.S. Senate this morning. At…
Building Meaningful Relationships Between School and Home
Successfully engaging families and communities is one of the most important means schools have of ensuring student success, yet community engagement frequently isn’t the priority it deserves to be. Today,…
On New State Panel, CEA Pushes Ahead to Improve Testing Practices
Over-testing students is a real thing across the U.S., according to Scott Norton, strategic initiative director for Standards, Assessment and Accountability at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO),…