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Dear Members,
State Ed. needs to hear from us on the ESSA Regulations and opt-out penalties. See the link below and please add your comments during the open comment period. Please feel free to copy and paste the letter below. Additionally, I attached the original article if you didn't have a chance to read it. The comment period is open through August 17th. Thank you for making our collective voices heard! Carolyn Richards To the Board of Regents, I am writing to relay strong objections to the treatment of opt outs and collective bargaining rights in the emergency regulations to implement ESSA that are currently in a second public comment period. As professionals in the field, we should follow the ESSA regulations, not impose our own. Parents will continue to opt their children out of NYS testing until they are satisfied that the commissioner makes real change to the current test and punish culture in New York State. The changes to the standards were minor and the tests continue to impose benchmarks/cut scores that are not developmentally appropriate. The opt outs will not decline until this happens. Parents have raised these concerns and teachers are currently in a 4 year moratorium because of the poor implementation. Currently, Commissioner Elia is expecting school districts to provide professional development on the NYS Next Generation Standards until 2021. As a professional educator, I feel it is imperative that the moratorium continue in relation to the consequences of student testing on a teacher's evaluation. 1. Stop punishing districts for a parent's right to opt their child out of NYS Testing. 2. Please follow the regulations set forth by The Department of Education/ESSA. 3. Redeem teachers' dignity and continue the moratorium! Respectfully, [email protected] https://www.nysut.org/news/2018/july/state-ed-needs-to-hear-from-you-on-essa-regulations |
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