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CT Education Committee Choses Unions Over Children: Votes To Cut State Assessment from Teacher Evaluations
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CT Education Committee Choses Unions Over Children: Votes To Cut State Assessment from Teacher Evaluations

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On Friday afternoon, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Education Committee voted 23-10 to push forward Senate Bill 380, which if passed, would ban the use of state assessments in teacher evaluations, including for schools currently using the assessment data. That would mean schools districts like New Haven, which has been using state exam data in evaluations… Continue reading CT Education Committee Choses Unions Over Children: Votes To Cut State Assessment from Teacher Evaluations

Jon Pelto’s Blatant Attempt to Distract From District Misuse Of Alliance Grant Funds
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Jon Pelto’s Blatant Attempt to Distract From District Misuse Of Alliance Grant Funds

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Here we go again, indeed. Once again, failed gubernatorial candidate and union mouthpiece Jonathan Pelto has come to a conclusion that’s so outlandishly illogical that I’m compelled to respond. It’s been awhile, but this one’s a doozy. In a recent tirade, Pelto blasted the state Department of Education for having the gall to propose a… Continue reading Jon Pelto’s Blatant Attempt to Distract From District Misuse Of Alliance Grant Funds

State Releases SBAC Results; Sky Still Hasn’t Fallen
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State Releases SBAC Results; Sky Still Hasn’t Fallen

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It’s been several hours since the State Department of Education released the much-anticipated 2014-2015 Smarter Balanced Consortium Assessment (SBAC) results, and so far, the sky is still above us, exactly where it should to be. Imagine that! The results statewide show that 55.4 of Connecticut’s 3rd through 5th and eleventh graders met or exceeded “achievement… Continue reading State Releases SBAC Results; Sky Still Hasn’t Fallen