Statement by Billy Easton, Executive Director of the Alliance for Quality Education
(Long Island, NY) Today, the following statement was released by Alliance for Quality Education (AQE):
“It not difficult to understand why growing numbers of parents around the country are choosing to have their children opt out of testing,” said Billy Easton, Executive Director of the Alliance for Quality Education.
“Too often our state and federal policy makers have confused testing with teaching. In New York, test standards have been raised, but the state has failed in providing the curriculum and resources necessary to prepare students for these rigorous tests. Raising the quality of education is the right idea, but simply making the tests harder does not accomplish the goal. When tests are tied to high stakes consequences for schools, teachers and students, evidence shows that teaching and learning is undermined.”
Alliance for Quality Education
Founded only in 2000, the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) has quickly become New York state’s lead community-based organization in the fight for high quality public education. A statewide non-profit, AQE unites a coalition of parents, children’s advocates, schools, teachers, clergy, and others. http://www.aqeny.org
