tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post4256012167366130150..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Will Heads Roll At Tweed Due To The Regents Fiasco? Don't Count On It.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-57153858125716878272013-07-01T15:47:26.750-04:002013-07-01T15:47:26.750-04:00Anon 3:36
Not true for downstate school district...Anon 3:36<br /><br /><br />Not true for downstate school districts. Long Island and Westchester schools marked their own. Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-8316098480343181042013-07-01T15:36:44.111-04:002013-07-01T15:36:44.111-04:00Public schools in the rest of the state also had t...Public schools in the rest of the state also had to participate in regional scoring of Regents. In my BOCES region (Finger Lakes) non-certified teachers were hired to grade Regents because there just aren't enough teachers to pull from rural schools. Charter schools exist only in Syracuse and Rochester, so I don't know whether or not they participated. Our Global Studies, Algebra/Trig and Earth Science scores took a nose dive. I hope parents know they can have their student's scores appealed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-30085929134609733752013-07-01T07:16:55.425-04:002013-07-01T07:16:55.425-04:00Is this not the first step towards outsourcing tea...Is this not the first step towards outsourcing teaching jobs in NYC? When I first heard that teachers were not going to mark their own exams, I always thought that the physical paper exams were going to be exchanged and marked by another group of teachers. Now this procedure about scanning exams in a different state and then having teachers at computer terminals marking exams is quite eye-opening. They still used NYC teachers to mark these exams this time but nothing is preventing them from shifting the marking of these exams to another state with temporary workers within time. In time and they will shift the marking of these exams to another English speaking country. This will cost pennies per exam. This is happening in other industries- I marked exams for ESL Korean students about five years ago so this is definitely possible. This is something I am not sure why no one has spoken about. The only reason the teachers had to be at grading centers is the city law/policy that city workers can not get paid if they are not physically at their post. This can be changed and this regents marking will be a thing of the past. I do not know what teachers will do but they could have teacher administer exams although that can be done on computers. But I would guess that to save money they could furlough all high school teachers for the month of June. Former Teachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-90304423883185116342013-06-30T19:39:58.271-04:002013-06-30T19:39:58.271-04:00Has Dennis Walcott met the Peter Principle? I swe...Has Dennis Walcott met the Peter Principle? I swear I feel that they both the same. I noticed that...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-64765512715202771112013-06-30T19:35:33.009-04:002013-06-30T19:35:33.009-04:00Now schools will be forced to spend thousands on m...Now schools will be forced to spend thousands on more per session to re-check failed tests to see which should be appealed.<br />It is a mess created by Tweed and the schools end up paying as usualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-19794221205566724232013-06-30T17:57:47.097-04:002013-06-30T17:57:47.097-04:00chaz, I must admit your pictures are priceless. I...chaz, I must admit your pictures are priceless. I'm sure the DOE has you on their hit list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-81930368961414436392013-06-30T15:57:02.196-04:002013-06-30T15:57:02.196-04:00Right on the money. I suspect that nobody wil be ...Right on the money. I suspect that nobody wil be held accountable at the DOE for their failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-84681272577891386882013-06-30T15:07:59.406-04:002013-06-30T15:07:59.406-04:00DOE did not force charter schools to send out thei...DOE did not force charter schools to send out their grading - that is a travesty - can' wait to see how many kids there got 65s as opposed to to 64s. The fact that this corrupt ineffective incompetent organization is in charge is a fiasco- everything the DOE touches turns to dirtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com