Gov. Cuomo’s education panel recommended a delay in using new Common Core test results to determine promotions for students in grades 3 to 8 this year.
The report said using the more rigorous Common Core exams should not be used to grade students until implementation of the curriculum is “successfully implemented.”
But the panel report released on Monday did not propose a delay in using Common Core student test results to evaluate teachers, however. The teacher evaluation program is a top Cuomo priority.
The report also calls limiting certain tests for English Language Learners and students with disabilities.
Elsewhere, the panel recommends limiting test prep in class.
Meanwhile the report calls for halting the state Department of Education’s student data initiative with inBloom to protect student privacy.
The roll-out of Common Core came under fire after student test scores plummeted under the new standards last year. Many educators and parents complained the new program was implemented before materials to teach the curriculum were even delivered to the schools.
The teachers’ union and other critics called for a several year moratorium until the program was properly phased in.
The Cuomo panel recommendations mirror those recently proposed by the Board of Regents.
“The flawed implementation of the Common Core curriculum has resulted in frustration, anxiety, and confusion for children and parents,” Cuomo said.
“It is in everyone’s best interest to have high, real world standards for learning and to support the Common Core curriculum, but we need to make sure that our students are not unfairly harmed by its implementation.”
The furor comes as the state Legislature votes Tuesday on whether to reappoint four members of the Board of Regents — the state’s education policy making board — who approved Common Core.