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Are Parents And Students Really Against State Accountability Exams? Connecticut Education Association’s Latest Attempt At Misleading On Testing
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Are Parents And Students Really Against State Accountability Exams? Connecticut Education Association’s Latest Attempt At Misleading On Testing

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Last Thursday, the state’s largest teacher’s union, Connecticut Education Association, published yet another blog post promoting polling data that purportedly illustrations how just about everyone is against state accountability exams. According to the CEA, a recent Gallup poll commissioned by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) shows that teachers, parents, superintendents and principals overwhelmingly feel that… Continue reading Are Parents And Students Really Against State Accountability Exams? Connecticut Education Association’s Latest Attempt At Misleading On Testing

CEA’s Latest Distortion: Do Parents Really Want to Eliminate Testing As Much As Union Members?
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CEA’s Latest Distortion: Do Parents Really Want to Eliminate Testing As Much As Union Members?

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Last week the Connecticut Education Association (CEA), the state’s largest teacher’s union, published a blog post on the results of a recent Phi Delta Kappa(PDK)/Gallup poll that alleges that parents claims parents hate standardized testing. Of course, this conclusion completely disregards mounting evidence to the contrary. While the PDK/Gallup poll did find that around 64… Continue reading CEA’s Latest Distortion: Do Parents Really Want to Eliminate Testing As Much As Union Members?