Smarter Balanced Contractor Suffers Data Breach

Education Week reports that the American Institute for Research suffered a data breach earlier this month:   Read More… Major School Research and Assessment Provider Suffers Data Breach

Many teachers OPPOSE the nomination of Bill Duncan to the Board of Ed

At stopcommoncorenh.org we are a non-partisan, diverse group of parents and teachers working together to stop the corporate and big government take over of education in New Hampshire. We come together with diverse backgrounds including our political views.  We may not...

LONDONDERRY: Residents Continue to Question Smarter Balanced Testing

Residents Continue to Question Smarter Balanced Testing April 10th, 2014 By Jay Hobson Londonderry resident Laura El-Azem asked the school board for a status update on a waiver of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing that is scheduled for next...

“Live Free or Die?” Not When It Comes to Opting Out

My husband and I are in shock. We have just received a letter from our children’s superintendent and elementary school principal denying our request to opt our children out of their state standardized testing, most notably the NECAP and the upcoming Smarter Balanced...

South Carolina Withdrawing From Smarter Balanced Testing Consortium

South Carolina has announced plans to withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two consortia developing tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards. In an April 3 letter to school districts in the state, Deputy Superintendent Nancy Busbee...