Nov 9, 2014
PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGE TO “REFUSE” THE SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT!!See: http://nhfamiliesforeducation.org/content/parents-have-right-opt-out-or-refuse-allow-their-child-take-statewide-assessments-suchTesting Window for Spring 2015 Smarter Balanced...
Oct 31, 2014
Scott Mantie, Ph.D., Administrator – Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Smarter Balanced, NECAP, Alternative Assessments, NAEP, and Curriculum Frameworks, will give brief the Nashua Board of Education on the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) in a special...
Oct 19, 2014
LISTEN TO THESE TEACHERS. They are counting on PARENTS to fight this reform effort. Many face a HARSH reaction from administrators if they go public. This is a video from NY teachers. You need to know that NY is ONE year ahead of NH on administering the Smarter...
Sep 3, 2014
Some parents are contacting us with stories of Administrators pushing back against them as they seek to remove their children from the harmful impact of over-testing. We’d like to post some resources for parents to look at and use if they are put in this...
Jul 31, 2014
We would just add, when the students fail this will then become a part of the teacher’s evaluation. No Child Left Behind was an attack on public schools. Common Core is an attack on teachers. From Diane Ravitch’s Blog: This is a must-read...
Jun 8, 2014
My Letter to Bill Duncan and the NH Board of Education regarding Common Core here in NH. Good Morning Mr. Duncan! My name is Maryann Boucher and we met briefly at the Common Core State Standards Debate at St Anslem’s College last Monday evening. I was the...
