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NYCoRE Position Statement Points for Further Research Below are the topics discussed as potential areas for us to do research in. Identify those areas that you think you might have some links for. Copy the the name of the resource and include the link so that others can check out the information. Make sure you are signed in. Click "edit" and you can copy and paste something you researched right under the topic. If you have questions email: edwin@nycore.org

__Topics for enhancing the NYCoRE Position on High Stakes Testing__

 * ELA regents produced by Pearson


 * Credit recovery programs


 * Discussion of recalibration scandal BloomKlein got caught in


 * Racial Bias in the tests


 * The achivement gap - semantics matter


 * Tying testing to funding and money allocation


 * checking the teacher data reports


 * depersonalization of education

__Topics on High Stake Testing Paper and on Neoliberalism__

 * Blaming the victims, blaming the teachers
 *  recounting why teachers become the culprit in this battle when it is really something else.
 *  neoliberal idea that teachers are failing students because the students can pass unfair tests, you can make a jump to the entire system not working, so we need competition, and teachers need to sacrifice,
 *  tests are measurable
 *  extension of meritocracy
 * business model of accountability, if a teacher can't perform then you fire them
 *  it falls on the shoulder of the teacher for not closing the achviemenet gap
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> we would work harder if we would be paid more
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> scaling up and connecting to school closings and patterns of privatizing
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> clarifying privatization
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> levels of privatization:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> tutoring services, directed to private companies
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> how are they making money
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> LIFO