The BNS/BCS Parent Action Committee (PAC) is a group of parents within our 610 Henry St community who are working together to preserve, support, and promote high quality child-centered public education for all students.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Testing Talk

with Anna Allanbrook, BNS Principal, and Diane Castelucci, BNS Assistant Principal 

Parents are invited to this open forum to discuss the state tests and their impact on children and schools.  We’ll look at changes in the tests over the last few years, how the city and state uses the test to punish schools and communities, and what we can do to push back.

Sunday March 3, 2:00-4:00pm

Brooklyn Arts Exchange

421 Fifth Ave

Brooklyn, NY 11215

• 2018 BNS High Stakes Tests slideshow Information for parents drafted by the BNS School Leadership Team, January 2018
• Why Opt Out in 2018? New York State Allies for Public Education, January 2018
• Applying to Middle Schools without NYS Test Scores? Read our survey of how NYC public middle schools evaluate applicants that don’t take the NYS Tests, March 2018
• HIGH SCHOOL SURVEY 2018 Read our survey of how NYC public high schools evaluate applicants that don’t take the NYS Tests, March 2018
• The Top Ten Reasons to Opt Out of the State Tests A short video sums it all up, March 2017
• Why and How to Opt Out  Fact Sheet on how to “Just Say No” from FairTest, March 2017
• Boycott Standardized Tests Without Fear of Federal Penalties to Your School, February 2018
• Federal Law and Regulations on Opting Out Under ESSA, February 2018
• The True Cost of the Tests Video: Jeanette Deutermann, March 2018
• The Uncomfortable Truth about Testing Video: Johanna Garcia, March 2018
• What if schools weren’t test-prep factories? Video: Jehan Senai Worthy, February 2018
• Teach What Matters Video: Jesse Hagopian, February 2018
• She Served Our Country. Now She’s Fighting For Our Kids Video: Linda Lyon, January 2018
• 2 School Districts, 1 Truth. Video: John Kuhn, December 2017
• Privatization in Public Education. Video: Diane Ravitch, September 2017
• Middle School Admissions Q&A on middle schools and NYS test scores, February 2016
• State Testing Not What’s Best for Our Students, Newsday, February 2016
• High Stakes Testing and the Black Community Video: Jamaal Bowman, November 2015
• Brooklyn educators speak out Video, March 2015
• Opt In? Opt Out? It’s Time to Choose Forum Video, March 2015

2018 Statements from NYC elected officials about test refusal

• Daniel Dromm, NYC Council Member, 25th District, Queens
• Brad Lander, NYC Council Member, 39th District, Brooklyn

For additional resources, please also visit:

• NYC Opt Out
• Change the Stakes

To “Opt Out” of High Stakes Testing

Please fill out the 2019 BNS Choose to Refuse Letter (en español) and return it to Amy Sumner in backpack mail. Here is a letter you can use for other schools.

Why get involved?

Interested in helping preserve the autonomy of our schools’ curricula? Want to stay informed about public education policy issues? Concerned about the impacts of standardized testing on classrooms, teaching, and children? Curious how education policy impacts social justice? PAC is for you!

Join us at a monthly meeting or reach out by contacting ps146pac@gmail.com and/or join the PAC YAHOO GROUP (send email to bns-bcs-pac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com).

If you’re interested in being part of the PAC conversation, please JOIN THE PAC YAHOO GROUP by emailing: bns-bcs-pac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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