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Action: Sign PS321’s Petition
Allow Teachers to Read the Tests! NYS Department of Education We, the parents, teachers and administrators of New York’s public school children, demand an immediate change to the New York […]
Principals Continue to Spread Misinformation about Opting Out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: ChangetheStakesPress@gmail.com Principals Continue to Spread Misinformation about Opting Out of State Tests Despite DOE Directive to Respect Parents’ Decision New York City – Parents across the city […]
Bronx Forum: Time to Talk About the Tests
Spring greetings! Change the Stakes is very excited to promote this important discussion on testing this Wednesday, April 1st, in the Bronx. Please share this event with your Bronx networks and any parents, educators & others who might […]
Opting Out of the State ELA & Math Tests in NYC: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Download in COLOR or BLACK & WHITE Q: Will opting out hurt my child’s school? No, opting out will not hurt the school. Students who opt out are scored as […]
Review of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For Superman by Jasmine K.
Originally posted on Media Reviews: TEDUC 482, Winter 2015:
There are many different platforms that activists use to bring awareness to their cause. One of the most well-known and useful methods is…
Letter to NY Senators Re: NCLB Reauthorization
Dear Senators Schumer and Gillibrand: As you consider the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), we urge you to end annual standardized testing. This change would allow […]
Change the Stakes’ Jia Lee Testifies Before U.S. Senate
Jia Lee, who is a special education teacher at the Earth School in Manhattan, testified at a senate hearing on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on January 21st. As an […]
Change the Stakes first 2015 meeting in Brooklyn, January 9th!
As the new year begins, the NYS high stakes standardized tests are just around the corner. What can you do as a parent, a teacher, a student, a school community? […]
USDOE’s Proposed Regs for Teacher Education Programs
Change the Stakes submitted these comments in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to impose new accountability measures on teacher education programs, https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/12/03/2014-28218/teacher-preparation-issues. DOWNLOAD pdf The U.S. Department of […]
State Releases Spring Test Scores: Parents and Teachers Unimpressed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2014 Press contact: changethestakespress@gmail.com Parents and Teachers are Unimpressed with the State’s Release of Spring Test Scores Scores are manipulated and meaningless, distracting attention from the […]
NYC High School Teachers Refuse to Administer Test
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday May 1st, 2014 Contacts: Janine Sopp, janinesopp@gmail.com, (917) 541-6062 Emily Wendlake, emilywendlake@gmail.com, (413) 657-7255 Emily Giles, emmeducator@gmail.com, (917) 575-2936 Rosie Frascella, rosiefrascella@gmail.com, (917) 767-1001 Anita Feingold-Shaw, afeingoldshaw@gmail.com, (510) 872-1712 […]
Change the Stakes Responds to New DOE Promotion Policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jane Maisel or Nancy Cauthen, changethestakespress@gmail.com By announcing that state test scores will no longer be […]
Open Letter to the Chancellor
Open Letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña STOP ADMINISTRATORS FROM BULLYING PARENTS April 1, 2015 Dear Chancellor Fariña, Today public school children across New York City begin three days of intensive, […]
Number of NYC Parents Refusing State Tests Expected to Triple in 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Janine Sopp or Nancy Cauthen, changethestakespress@gmail.com New York City –What began two years ago as a small pocket […]
Dump NYC’S Educationally Unsound Student Promotion Policy Now!
March 15th marks the 10th anniversary of NYC’s widely criticized, highly controversial adoption of a student promotion policy narrowly based on student performance on state exams. For more insight on […]
Change the Stakes, NYC stands in solidarity with More Than a Score, Chicago
As teachers, parents and students at the Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy in Chicago come together to boycott their Illinois State Achievement Test (ISAT), Change the Stakes wholeheartedly supports their actions and encourages […]
Feb 28. Join Us to Resist the Spring Tests!
As children and teachers enter the spring “testing season,” parents must decide if we will continue to support high-stakes testing. There are many ways to resist the tests and demand […]
Change the Stakes Responds to Call for Common Core Delay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: changethestakes@gmail.com Change the Stakes welcomes yesterday’s call by State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and […]
Change the Stakes / MORE High-Stakes Testing Forum
More than a Score: Talk Back to Testing Forum On Saturday, February 1st, parents, educators, students and concerned citizens came together to talk about how to fight high-stakes testing; alternatives […]
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