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 I thought this piece from NBC on parents opting their children out of technology at school , of interest:  National organizations represent...

EdWeek  notes that the push to opt-out of standardized testing has, post-ESSA, gone rather quiet.   This piece from EdBuild on the stra...

Backup is here 90% of 4th and 8th grade testing via computer Moore: descriptors not implemented in for high school yet; new test implement...

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education issued regulations on the Every Student Succeeds Act around school accountability. The Departme...

Craven: data for the leveling of schools data came out less than 24 hours ago; struggling to review online "have been an advocate for...

I just pulled this together for work, but I thought others might be interested.  A level 2 means they fell to or below 95% participation; ...

I'm in Columbus, OH this week for the National School Boards Association Trainers conference. We're getting an update from the Ohio ...

From last week's Commissioner's update: As a follow-up to the On the Desktop, ESE sent to superintendents on April 1, 2016,ESE wo...

Good read from New Bedford this morning: According to DESE spokesperson Jackie Reis, individual schools must maintain a 95 percent parti...

updating as we go... Zola runs policy and advocacy in DC for NSBA all material is on the app "we're only about 50% done; we have...

In today's Commissioner's Update (which is not yet posted online) DESE has issued guidance to districts regarding students who refus...

While ESSA loosens federal oversight of state assessment, it does continue the 95% participation requirement. A letter went out from U.S. D...

EdWeek  has the full rundown ('though the language isn't out yet). For those paywalled out, major points: testing grades 3-8 and ...

The New York Times ran a story earlier this week about opting out of standardized testing, widely blaming/crediting ( depends on your pers...

The Commissioner had a few updates of interest in his Friday afternoon letter (which will eventually be online here , but isn't yet) yes...

I had missed this: apparently, Manchester, NH, is refusing to conduct the Smarter-Balanced test that New Hampshire has adopted. They've ...

This is my item, asking specifically what we're sending home when we get a refusal from a student, and what we're doing with the stu...

Excellent post from John Merrow reflecting on the opt out movement , particularly with regards to students: Opting out is not new  [5] ,...

Here's the video from seniors at Cherry Creek High School in Aurora, CO on why they've opted out of the CMAS test. 97% did so yest...

This just in from the Commissioner: Over the course of the 2014–15 school year, ESE will be conducting a multi-part study of assessment p...