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…
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…
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…
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…
CEA Urges Legislators to End Link Between Teacher Evaluation and SBAC Scores
“Nowhere in research does it say that the results of a single standardized test score measure the effectiveness of a teacher,” CEA President Sheila Cohen told legislators this evening. Cohen and…
Need for Useful, Fair State Assessment Remains
The State of Connecticut today took a very small step to cut back on student testing by eliminating the English Language Arts (ELA) performance task section of the SBAC exam.…
New Report Highlights Student Testing Concerns
A new report on student testing is a step forward, according to Connecticut teachers, but much more investigation and research must be done before policymakers can assure students and parents…
Teachers, Parents, and Superintendents Share SBAC Concerns with Mastery Examination Committee
Groups representing Connecticut teachers, parents, and superintendents shared their concerns regarding the SBAC test with members of the Mastery Examination Committee today. CEA, the Connecticut Parent Teacher Association (CT PTA),…
There Is a Better Way—Testing Done Right Is Within Reach
Indisputable evidence from the frontlines of teaching took center stage today at a CEA news conference in Hartford as teachers urged lawmakers to examine the needs of students and reject…
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…