PARCC

Op-ed: Threats to cut funding over "opt-outs" are on shaky legal ground

May 1, 2015

Efforts to cut school funding as retribution for parental refusals are more likely to prompt the opposite political response NJ Spotlight Op-ed by Julia Sass Rubin and Monty Neill, May 1

X = why? A reporter's PARCC failure

April 16, 2015

"It's really an egregious test," said Julia Sass Rubin, a PARCC opponent with Save Our Schools New Jersey, a group fighting the testing. "It's extraordinarily difficult." Courier Post, April 16

Faculty members analyze PARCC standardized test

March 28, 2015

The PARCC test is detrimental to student learning because educators feel forced to teach lessons with the purpose of ensuring students pass, said Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Rutgers...

Debate over test security vs. student privacy rages in the age of social media

March 23, 2015

Julia Sass Rubin, who is also a professor at Rutgers University, said the revelations about social-media monitoring blew up in part because so many parents are already angry about PARCC and are suspicious of Pearson. The Washington Post, March 23

Give PARCC a chance, says education commissioner

March 14, 2015

Julia Sass Rubin, a professor at Rutgers University and advocate with the Save Our Schools New Jersey coalition, said the funding threat was baseless. Schools routinely fall below the 95 percent participation rate, she told reporters after the hearing. "That has never...