Today’s news includes NY test score results (and opt-out numbers) for both the state and NYC, plus news that the Murdoch-funded, Klein-run edtech outfit Amplify is being sold, and 2 new laws in California limiting districts’ abilities to monitor and toss out kids it think don’t live within attendance boundaries:
About 20 percent of NY students refused to take spring tests AP: About 20 percent of New York’s third- through eighth-graders refused to take the statewide English and math tests given in the spring, the state’s education chief said, acknowledging the opt-outs affected assessment data released Wednesday, which otherwise showed a slight uptick in overall student achievement… See also WSJ, Chalkbeat, EdWeek, NYT, WNYC.
News Corp. Planning to Sell Off Money-Losing Education Unit NYT: Amplify, the education division of Rupert Murdoch’s company, is in an “advanced stage of negotiations” with a potential buyer. See also BuzzFeed.
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