NY leaders: Delay high-stakes Common Core tests
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ALBANY— New York legislative leaders say education officials should delay for at least two years using Common Core-aligned tests for high-stakes decisions about teachers, principals or students.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, who chairs the education committee, issued a statement Tuesday citing “serious issues” with the state’s rollout of the more difficult Common Core learning standards.
Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, co-leader Jeff Klein and Senate education chair John Flanagan expressed a similar sentiment in a separate statement. They said they support a delay “unless the Board of Regents acts to alleviate the concerns of parents, teachers and other educators.”