Move to rein in use of test info

ALBANY — On a day when schools were giving statewide standardized math exams, the Assembly passed legislation Wednesday to keep the results of such tests from being used in teacher and principal evaluations.

Gov. Cuomo successfully pushed several years ago to include the test results in teacher evaluations, though the implementation was delayed. But now, he and the Legislature appear ready to back off the idea for good.

“Our message is clear: ‘Let us teach. Let them learn,’ ” said state teachers union chief Andy Pallotta.

The bill also would bar test results for students in third through eighth grades from being included on their permanent records. ALBANY — With the Assembly having again passed a bill to make it easier for victims of child abuse to seek justice as adults, the Senate Democratic sponsor is pushing for Senate Republicans to hold hearings for the first time.

Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) and Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter Wednesday to committee Chairman John Bonacic (R-Orange County) calling for the hearings.

A similar effort in 2017 did not work.