Petition to End DoE's School Grading System

Please sign this petition if you are opposed to the new DOE progress reports, and regard them as unfair, simplistic and arbitrary, and based on statistically unreliable measures that will hurt rather than help our schools.

Sign the petition if you believe that by awarding each school a grade from A to F, the progress report trivializes the complexity of teaching, and will drive schools towards even more test prep and less learning, as well as further deprive our children of art, music, and physical education.

Sign the petition if you believe that the energy, focus, personnel and millions of dollars that have been spent on devising this system - as well as the entire data collection system known as ARIS, interim assessments, financial incentives for high test scores, and “data inquiry teams” in the name of “differentiated instruction” - should instead be invested in reducing class size and expanding the capital plan, so that all NYC children can be provided with smaller classes and an equitable and adequate chance to learn.

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