Common Core

A proposal to eliminate the Regents exam in New York has alarmed some social studies teachers on Long Island. They worry if the state cuts the…

Test opt-out in Long Island schools is in its fifth consecutive year of major boycotts. Nearly half of students in grades three through eight refused to…

State education officials ordered the cancellation of computerized testing for New York’s third through eighth grade students on Wednesday, after a…

The New York State legislature approved a measure that ends a mandate that teacher evaluations be based on the results of their students’ standardized…

Teachers wouldn’t be evaluated based on their students’ standardized test scores any longer under a measure approved by the New York State Assembly. It’s…

Amid continued public protest, the New York Board of Regents has dropped the name Common Core and replaced it with Next Generation Learning Standards.The…

New York State’s education commissioner said Tuesday that new state-specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial…

Up to half of Long Island public school students could opt out of math exams this week, in what has become an annual protest by parents against Common…

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino was on Long Island on Thursday to warn parents about what he calls the dangers of a new federal proposal…

In December U.S. Education Secretary John King proposed new regulations for Common Core testing in order to increase test participation. The Education…