College and Career Readiness Survey

The New York State Board of Regents would like your feedback on a "College and Career Readiness Survey." As professional educators, parents, or stakeholders in the success of public education, your input matters! The survey focuses on three topics:

• College and Career Readiness Frameworks,
• Necessary Skills and Knowledge for College and Workforce Success, and
• New York State Graduation Requirements (follow hyper-link to current requirements).

The survey is planned to take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. It must be completed in one session. Please follow the hyper-link to access the survey.
The "College and Career Readiness Survey" is one aspect of a series of meetings, presentations, and data collection processes conducted in 2010 by the NYS Board of Regents' College and Career Readiness Working Group. Results of the survey will be shared with the Board of Regents during the March 2011 meeting. The deadline for your input is January 31, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
Thank you in advance for your time and your continued support of all students in New York State.

New York State PreKindergarten Learning Standards

The Board of Regents would like your feedback on the final draft of the New York State PreK Learning Standards, which will be presented for discussion and adoption at their January 2011 meeting. As someone invested in the education of young children, your informed opinion is important to the finalization of this project.

Recall an earlier post alerting readers to Governor Paterson's suggestion that universal Pre-K in NYS could be cut due to the budget deficit. Proactive negative reaction stopped such thoughts!Adopting effective learning standards is the next step to ensuring effective NYS education begins with Pre-K!

"The New York State PreKindergarten Learning Standards are arranged in five
developmental domains: Approaches to Learning; Physical Development and
Health; Social and Emotional Development; Communication, Language and Literacy;
and Cognition and Knowledge of the World. Each domain identifies clearly the
benchmarks that children should meet during their prekindergarten experience and
performance indicators that can be observed as children meet these
benchmarks.

A survey is posted on the Universal PreK website, http://www.p12.nysed.gov/upk , for you to share your comments and recommendations. Any questions about the survey may be sent to emsceeri@mail.nysed.gov.

The deadline for your input is December 22, 2010."

Time is of the essence! Your input is valued! Thank you in advance for your time and your continued support of the young learners in New York State.