What is New York hiding? How teachers unions are rigging school rankings
Parents trying to judge the quality of a public school need information. Test scores aren’t everything, but they count for something — particularly when the tests in question are nationally administered Advanced Placement exams designed to measure whether students can handle college-level work.
TL;DR
- New York State withheld AP data from U.S. News & World Report, impacting school rankings.
- Critics suggest teachers unions influenced this decision to suppress inconvenient school performance truths and protect union power.
- The state cites student privacy and legal compliance as reasons for withholding data, while opponents claim it obscures school quality.
- Success Academy has sued the New York Education Department, stating the decision hinders its ability to share verified student performance information.
- The controversy raises questions about public access to objective data for evaluating taxpayer-funded schools.