Legislators Respond to Concerns About SBAC
UPDATE: As of June 2, the House and Senate have both passed Substitute Senate Bill 1095. Read more here. Legislators today demonstrated they are listening to the concerns of teachers,…
CEA Releases New Survey of Teachers on SBAC
Teachers from across the state are sounding the alarm about the negative effects of SBAC on the social and emotional well-being of children. According to the initial findings of a…
Educators Can Help Put an End to Overtesting in Connecticut Schools
“We need educators from across the state to stand up and speak out to end burdensome, high-stakes testing in Connecticut,” said CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg. Waxenberg told Hartford County…
Assessing the Assessors: Examining What Latest SAT & ACT Testing Programs Can Offer Students & Teachers
Competition between the SAT and the ACT is heating up as a state panel explores whether to select one of the tests as Connecticut’s official high school…
Governor takes steps to reduce standardized testing
Governor Dannel P. Malloy today released a letter he sent to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan asking to reduce the number of high-stakes exams for students in Grade 11. CEA…
New Poll: Parents Want an End to High-Stakes Testing
There has been a lot of research recently, clearly conveying what teachers have been saying about the effects of high-stakes testing on children—about the problems associated with our country’s focus…
PEAC Vote on Teacher Evaluation Long Overdue
BY CEA PRESIDENT SHEILA COHEN Connecticut has parted company with those who would reduce teaching and learning to a single test score. Today the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) voted…
More CT Parents Opting-Out of State Testing
The State Department of Education is reporting “greater numbers of parents desiring to remove their child(ren) from participation in the statewide testing program.” In response, the department’s Academic Office has…
CEA Calls for a Bold, Realistic Public Education Plan
It’s time to examine where our public education policy is and to take bold steps to get it where it realistically needs to be. That was the message CEA President…