“…Even the State Education Commissioner wouldn’t give the state’s current testing system a good grade. When pressed at a legislative hearing by Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan, SED Commissioner John King said he would give the state’s testing system a 6 or a 7 out of 10.
Others testifying before the committee were less generous. There were grades of zero, 3, 5 – and nothing higher than the commissioner’s barely passing grade. One superintendent gave the testing system an “incomplete.” …
Given all the problems with the state’s testing system, Pallotta urged lawmakers to act now on legislation that would shield teachers’ evaluations from the news media and general public. “We must ensure that student testing data is used to help improve teaching practice and student learning,” Pallotta said. “Not to publicly shame teachers and principals.”
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