TO:                  All Staff

FROM:            Michelle J. Walker, Chief Accountability Officer

                           Tom Watkins, Director

                           Research, Evaluation, and Assessment

                        Steve Schellenberg, Assistant Director

                           Research, Evaluation, and Assessment

RE:                   SOTW:  A Time to Learn

The attached article published by American Educational Research Association calls for more school instructional time coming from multiple-quarters. Academic standards and frequent assessments have changed the nature — but not the length — of the instructional day. Schools find themselves “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” taking time from the arts, recess, and physical education to give to reading and math, subjects that carry heavy weight in state accountability systems.

Please click below for full article.

Thank you.

 A Time to Learn