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Tax Cap Scenarios- Projections of the impact of a tax cap via
varying scenarios.- June 2011
Regional Taskforces to study Opportunities for Cost Savings
- February 17, 2010
School Property Tax Relief Act- brochure
School Property Tax Relief Act- Quick Fiscal Facts
LIEC School Property Relief Act- Fast Facts
Bixhorn: LI Schools Keep Getting Shortchanged. Newsday- December
10, 2009
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
Bixhorn: Saving Schools, Long Island Business News-November
18, 2009
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
Testimony to the New York State Senate Finance Committee-October
27, 2009
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
Bixhorn: Testimony to the Senate Standing Committee on Education-
October 2, 2009
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
School Property Tax Reform Act- January 19, 2009
Testimony to the New York State Commission on Property Tax
Relief- September 2008
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
Understanding the Proposed Property Cap on the Property Tax
Levy- September 2008
Testimony to the New York State Commission on Property Tax
Relief: Realizing the Potential of
Shared Services- March 2008
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
Testimony to The Commission on Local Government Efficiency
and Competitiveness
Offered by Gary D. Bixhorn
Regional Perspectives on NCLB: A Survey Study of Eastern Suffolk
County School District Superintendents with Recommendations for the
Upcoming Reauthorization of ESEA
While eastern Long Island school districts represent some of the highest
performing school districts in New York State, the findings of this
report suggest NCLB high stakes testing and sanctions are not working
as planned. Many of these school districts have made gains in closing
achievement gaps among subgroups; however, this is often at the expense
of diversified curriculum and other educational opportunities. The narrow
focus on measurement via the state assessments has greatly altered the
learning process. Testing, drilling, and rigidly programmed curriculum
has replaced the advancement of critical thinking and team development
skills in the classroom. Additionally, English Language Learners (ELL)
and special education students are both being forced to take examinations
without having adequate time to learn English, or as in the case of
special education students, not being developmentally ready to pass
state assessments. The legislation is well intended and provides many
important and beneficial mandates, though such mandates are unfunded
and because of this, cannot possibly be fully implemented as intended.
Facts on Cost and Outcomes
Each year the Office of Research in collaboration with the Long Island
Association and Long Island Education Coalition develops this report
which purpose is to provide a basis for the informed discussion of educational
issues and state aid reform within the region. The report identifies
regional priorities for state aid reform and analyses are based upon
an assessment of the collective performance of the region's school districts
and knowledge of the state budget process.
Regional Report Card
The Office of Research has created the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Regional
Report Card. This document summarizes New York State assessment and non-academic
data for ESBOCES component school districts, the region, and the State
as a whole. This analysis of data has been prepared to help ESBOCES component
school districts with a local context in which to examine and interpret
their student data.
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