Staff at PS 321 in Brooklyn held a protest against the English Language Arts (ELA) test this morning, saying the exam did a poor job testing students’ reading comprehension.
“No one has ever seen a test that more poorly assessed the ability of their students, that it had. The test had nothing to do with the Common Core state standards, nothing to do with what students were taught in school. That they were confusing. That there were several questions where multiple answers definitely could have been the right ones,” said Avni Bhatia, a P.S. 321 teacher.
This was the second year New York State tested students based on much more difficult learning standards called the Common Core.
New York State used to publish the full tests after students finished, but the policy has changed. Now, educators are required to keep the content confidential.
“I think the public would be really worried if they were able to see what we’ve seen these past few days,” said one Brooklyn teacher.
Many parents around the city and across the entire state have been protesting the tests by asking their children not be tested at all. Current estimates are about 2,500 in the city but maybe up to 30,000 across the state.
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