| Lawmakers will review New Yorks recent education reform agenda, including Common Core national education standards, in public September hearings. In New York, education policy and administration is monitored by a Board of Regents: 16 members the legislature elects. In 2010, it adopted a new reform agenda in line with President Obama's education policy priorities: both center on Common Core, student data systems, teacher and principal evaluations, and overhauling failing schools. The relationship between the board of regents and legislature is mostly financial, with the legislature funding the board's plans, Flanagan said. Long before New York entered national Common Core tests, Burris believed tying myriad policies to student test results harms education. Although assessments are important tools that help educators measure what students know and what they do with inform |
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