Letter Grades Look Simple, but Realities Are Complex

NEWS ANALYSIS
Letter Grades Look Simple, but Realities Are Complex
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: November 16, 2008
The A-through-F grading system for New York City schools is billed as a public information tool, but the grades can obscure salient information about schools. Read more. 

Class Size Matters To Issue Independent Parent Survey

Class Size Matters will release the compelling results of its independent parent survey on Wednesday, February 13th at 10:30 AM at a briefing at The Hispanic Federation, 55 Exchange Pl., 5th floor. The report focuses primarily on three hot-button issues: class size, testing, and Mayoral control. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

NYC Council Hearing on Progress Reports Next Monday; Petition Deadline Is Friday!

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE PS 29 SLT AND PTA!

Robert Jackson, Chair of the City Council Education Committee, will oversee a public hearing on the Progress Reports for Schools (otherwise known as the school report cards) this coming Monday, December 10th at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall.

This is our one and only chance to deliver our petitions to the DOE with the media in attendance. The DOE will present first and council members will question them. Then it will be the parents' turn.

If you can, please plan to spend the morning at City Hall so your voice can be heard. Time Out From Testing—a statewide coalition of parent, educator, business, community, and civil rights organizations in New York State committed to a "time-out" from excessive and high stakes exams—is hoping to pack the Chambers and show the DOE that parents must be heard!

PETITION AND LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN DEADLINE EXTENDED TO THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH!

An easy way to express concern regarding the School Progress Reports is to sign the Time Out From Testing's online petition. Spanish version is here.

Please visit Time Out From Testing for fact sheets, a round up of news coverage of the Progress Reports, and other information.