ITHACA, NY Up on East Hill, about a block-and-a-half from Cornell University, sits Cascadilla School. A brick building draped in ivy, the school serves students in grades 6-12, generally enrolling about 50 students in total. Classes usually function at about a 4:1 student:faculty ratio.
âWe have smaller class sizes, smaller graduating class sizes, so we cater to a more individualized approach to education,â Jenna Kendall, director of student services, said.
The curriculum is traditional, following the New York State Regents system, but students and teachers have a bit more flexibility when it comes to the timing of classes they take. For instance, if a student excels in math class, they can take it on a semester schedule. This way, they can take one course in the fall, take the January Regents exam, and then move to the next course in the spring and take the June exam for that one, rather than spend an entire year on the same class.Â
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New York will ask the federal government to waive state reading and math tests for a second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic, state education officials announced Monday.
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The state education department is requesting to cancel the reading and math tests administered to third through eighth grade students in the spring. It is also seeking to limit the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test to those English learners who are attending school in person. A second waiver would give the state a pass on identifying new struggling schools this year as part of school accountability requirements.
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New York education officials seek federal waiver to cancel state tests
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Two draft federal waiver requests related to state assessment and accountability requirements are now available for public comment, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa and Board of Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr, above, announced Monday.PAUL BUCKOWSKI
ALBANY State education officials will submit a request for permission from the federal government to forgo state testing this spring in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Two draft federal waiver requests related to state assessment and accountability requirements are now available for public comment, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa and Board of Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr. announced Monday, Jan. 25.