STCaucus

If we agree that mislabeling children is abusive, then we agree that the 3-8 state tests are abusive. Mike Lillis, chair of the ST Caucus, explains why the 3-8 State Tests are mislabeling hundreds of thousands of students across New York State.

An Open Letter to the Future New York State Education Commissioner By Michael Lillis President, Lakeland Federation of Teachers Dear Future New York State Education Commissioner: Welcome and congratulations on being hired for such an important position. W…

Commissioner Elia sent a misleading letter on grades 3-8 testing that requires a closer look. Read and share our fact checks - and know your rights about opting your children out of state tests:

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Fact-Checking the Commissioner New York State's learning standards expect students to be able to verify the accuracy of factual statements — yet the commissioner this week sent a highly questionable letter on grade 3-8 testing that requires a closer look. Here’s NYSUT’s take.

Forces of Good!

Pallotta: "Forces of good" big winners in tonight’s elections Pallotta:

VOTE!

For weeks we have been organizing and working to contact thousands of you ahead of today's midterm vote. At stake are our values.

Each candidate our union has endorsed on a local, State and National level has pledged to protect public education and foster union values.

STEP 1: FIND YOUR POLL SITE AND DISTRICTS

https://mac.nysut.org/action/300

STEP 2: Check out the NYSUT Endorsement Guide

https://www.nysut.org/~/media/files/nysut/news/2018/voterguide2018.pdf

We expect over 85% of our membership to come out and vote today. Don't be left behind! We'll be reaching out to you after the election to see how your voting experience went.

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM VOTING TODAY- CALL MIKE GRUBIAK AT 914-391-8850.

We can contact election lawyers to help ensure you exercise your rights.

NYSUT Executive Vice President Jolene DiBrango said, “The State Education Department still doesn’t have it right. These standardized tests continue to mislabel and harm students and their local schools. In many instances, they are still not developmentally appropriate. They frustrate students and their teachers. The system must change. Students and teachers deserve better than this.”

State tests are badly flawed and pegged to invalid measures of proficiency Student test scores released today are based on badly flawed standardized tests that are tied to invalid and inaccurate “proficiency” benchmarks — and were provided to teachers and schools too late to be helpful.

Charter schools AND Steve Madden!

Cuomo’s re-election bid gets boost from charter schools’ big Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign has received a single contribution of more than $45,000 from a major supporter of charter schools. The governor also received a surprise contribution from a…

Submit your letter to SED telling them to NOT count opt-opts as zeroes!

https://www.nysut.org/news/2018/july/state-ed-needs-to-hear-from-you-on-essa-regulations

State Ed needs to hear from you on ESSA regulations and opt-out penalties

NYSUT's endorsement list.

NYSUT issues endorsements; holds senators accountable for votes on teacher evaluations NYSUT today withheld endorsements from every state senator who voted for more charter schools and against reforms to the state’s broken testing and evaluation system in the waning hours of the legislative session, but backed dozens of other candidates for state and federal office.