Success Academy Charter Chain Will Not Give State Tests This Year

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1. LeftCoastTeacher says:

   March 17, 2021 at 10:25 pm

   SA is experienced at breaking laws. It is the onus of the executive branch and its U.S. Department of Education to enforce the laws without prejudice. Shut SA down.

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2. LeftCoastTeacher says:

   March 18, 2021 at 2:16 am

   I just found out from the CTA, the California State Board of Education voted Tuesday to “let school districts use either state tests or other standards-aligned assessments to gauge student learning this spring.” Maybe my district will be able to legally give non-SBAC state tests.

   Maybe I will not have to proctor the state tests this year!

   That would be a huge relief. I know from the SBAC Interim tests, SBAC tests cannot be done online, and threatening to force us to give the SBAC has already been causing too much distraction for teachers and administrators. District tests are much the less evil of two evils

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   • retired teacher says:

     March 18, 2021 at 9:10 am

     If states are forced to give a standardized test, they should substitute one of the older standardized tests that did go through the norming process like The California Achievement Test, the IOWA or even the Terra Nova. Scores will likely be higher than today’s state tests based on the CCSS. Giving harder tests is bound to lift students out of poverty, NOT! I just had to say it. Schools have been forced to subject our students to such idiocy for too long. Better yet, launch a mass opt out led by concerned parents.

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3. Beth says:

   March 18, 2021 at 9:30 am

   I am sure they are afraid they won’t be able to attain their vaunted test scores in this environment, so the in-school requirement provides the excuse. Much like they blamed the DOE for their inability to provide in-person schooling this year, whereas my guess is that the real reason why they are fully remote is because they could not hire enough teachers to make hybrid learning work.

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