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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release
August 28, 2015
With all the controversy surrounding SBAC, we want to reassure parents and teachers that CEA
will continue to be an outspoken advocate for our students as Connecticut works to get student
testing right.
As Connecticut parents receive their childrens test results, the advice from teachers is to
examine the results with caution, significant caution, and to look to other valid indicators of
student learning, such as frequent progress monitoring, student work portfolios, classroom
assessments, and teacher observations.
In closing, we want to note that the SBAC program most negatively impacts younger students,
students from low-income families, students who need special accommodations, and students
without regular computer access at home, according to the first comprehensive Connecticut
research with teachers about SBAC released on August 6 (CEA, conducted by Wesleyan
Professor Steven Stemler).
Our students deserve what is reliable, valid, and fair when determining their success.
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The Connecticut Education Association represents 43,000 teachers in Connecticut.
For further information contact Kathy Frega at 860-725-6315, kathyf@cea.org.