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- Referred to education
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Relates to creating a committee to study ways to reduce the length of standardized tests and increase the test's transparency
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Anthony Brindisi
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to creating a committee to study ways to reduce the length of standardized tests and ways to increase the test's transparency
Purpose
To ensure that the New York State Education Department establishes a committee of educators to explore methods of reducing time spent on standardized testing. The bill will also ensure the release of the test itself within ten days of the scores being posted.
Summary of provisions
Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 55 as described in the bill.
Justification
During the past few decades, education policies are being shaped more frequently by entities other than educators. This has resulted in a cumulative set of policies that are detrimental to our children and have greatly impeded the ability of our state's educators to teach in a manner that maximizes a student's potential for growth, both educationally and emotionally.
This bill will require the Education Commissioner to establish a committee of educators, who will explore methods of addressing the over-testing of children, while ensuring the content of current standardized tests are disclosed to the taxpayers of this state.
Legislative history
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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