Report Inappropriate Comments

I am writing in support of the above position statement and in the hope that my name may be associated with those who crafted and signed it. RIDE and the Commissioner must be held accountable for promulgating policies that undermine public education and defy common sense. The "smoke-and-mirrors" approach that constitutes RIDE's "guidance" on standardized testing is designed to confuse and intimidate and needs to be dismantled, now! (In fact, there is a statement in one of the Commissioner's field notes implying that students not participating in PARCC must be truant from school on testing days, as everyone present in school on test days will participate). Since money seems to motivate the so-called educational leaders in this State, I think the best thing to do would be to strive for every public school district in RI to just barely achieve the required 95% test participation rate on this potentially harmful PARCC. They need to know that we the people mean business, and we're not going away.