State Education Department Releases Preliminary Data From AIMHighNY

The State Education Department has released preliminary data from AIMHighNY, the online, public survey of New York’s English Language Arts (ELA) and Math Common Core Learning Standards. The survey was available on the Department’s website from October 21 to November 30. More than 10,500 respondents provided feedback on one or more of the State’s current learning standards. In total, survey participants submitted 246,771 pieces of feedback. The average survey respondent gave feedback on 23 standards. More than 70 percent of the feedback was supportive of the standards; approximately 29 percent was in disagreement. In addition to the surveys completed online, New York State United Teachers submitted a composite response on behalf of teachers from four local teachers unions representing approximately 1700 teachers: (Middle Country CSD, Miller Place UFSD, Port Washington UFSD, and West Hempstead UFSD)… Read the full report here.