NYC's Schools Should Use Fair and Accurate Measures for Admissions Screening, NOT the 2013 NYS Exams ![]() October 22, 2013
NOT TAUGHT:
The whole experience of the 2013 NYS exams was an unforgivable burden on our students, and a prolonged distraction from their education. Let's not perpetuate this offense by measuring each students' academic potential based upon their performance on these pedagogically and statistically invalid assessments. In recognition of the problems with the 2013 exams, the undersigned, would like each of NYC's selective high schools and middle schools to make a formal statement that they will omit the 2013 NYS standardized tests from their admissions screening this year. We also thank the schools, listed below, that have already made such a statement. Thank you, Lisa Bowstead mom, teacher, tutor, citizen The Cobble Hill Think Tank Brooklyn, NY Thank you! We would like to acknowledge and thank the following schools for doing the right thing by omitting the 2013 New York State standardized tests from their admissions screening process for the 2014/2015 school year:
If you know of a school that is not yet on our list, please let us know: |