{"id":5433,"date":"2021-02-25T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/2021\/02\/25\/statement-on-u-s-department-of-education-decision-on-statewide-assessments\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T19:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:49:48","slug":"statement-on-u-s-department-of-education-decision-on-statewide-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/statement-on-u-s-department-of-education-decision-on-statewide-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on U.S. Department of Education decision on statewide assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text animation=&#8221;fadeInLeft&#8221;]<b>February 23, 2021<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\n<\/b>For More Information Contact:<br \/>\n<strong>Jessica Fletcher<\/strong>, Senior Director, Communications &amp; External Affairs<br \/>\n(cell) 859-539-0511<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jessica.fletcher@<wbr \/>prichardcommittee.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text animation=&#8221;fadeInRight&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LEXINGTON, KY &#8211; <span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Today, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence signed on to a letter with the Education Trust in support of the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s decision not to consider blanket waivers of the critical civil rights component of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that requires high quality, statewide assessments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The data gathered by statewide standardized testing can play a valuable role in addressing systemic inequities in our education system and gauging the effectiveness of remote and hybrid learning models. What we learn during this pandemic through data collection will help us better prepare for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">The federal decision to be flexible on some elements of test length and timing is also constructive in the face of pandemic challenges. In addition, postponing school ratings for accountability and school improvement until we\u2019ve the pandemic is over, is prudent and can grant some helpful relief to educators and others who have been straining to meet learner needs under difficult conditions all year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is an independent, nonpartisan, citizen-led organization working to improve education in Kentucky \u2013 early childhood through postsecondary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text animation=&#8221;fadeInLeft&#8221;]February 23, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact: Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications &amp; External Affairs (cell) 859-539-0511 jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text animation=&#8221;fadeInRight&#8221;] LEXINGTON, KY &#8211; Today, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence signed on to a letter with the Education Trust in support of the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s decision not to consider blanket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6054,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions\/6054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prichard-backup.com\/July\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}