Tag: standardized tests
This just in: No standardized tests in Alaska this school year
From the Washington post: Alaska cancels all K-12 standardized tests for the year, citing technical problems Alaska officials have canceled the state’s computer-based standardized testing
Standardized tests from a teacher’s point of view
Originally posted on The Progressive by Peter Greene. Straight Talk About Standardized Tests The People in Charge know, even before the test is taken, that
An alternative to high stakes testing works. New York schools have proven it.
71 percent of English language learners in New York Performance Standards Consortium schools graduated on time in 2015, versus 37 percent across New York City, where all
A letter to give your principal at the beginning of the school year on testing
…or any time during the school year. From the Parents Across America website: Model Parent Letter on Testing A PAA-Roanoke Valley leader Laura Bowman shared
A video: Wayne Au, PhD on High Stakes Testing, Unequal by Design
Dr. Wayne Au presenting his keynote for the Freedom To Learn event in Newcastle, UK. About Wayne Au, Associate Professor at the University of Washington,
What’s wrong with standardized tests?
Julie Woestehoff, who is Executive Director of PURE and a founding member of Parents Across America, developed this fact sheet regarding standardized testing. What’s wrong with standardized tests?
Why Lunch and Recess Matters
This post was written by a parent with two students in the Seattle Public School system: Turns out the personal really is political – at
A Kindergartner’s Nightmare
Is this education? Is this what we want for our children and grandchildren? Teachers have called the testing regime child abuse and here you get
Seattle Education Meetup: An Opt Out Workshop with Jesse Hagopian
Unsure what the Common Core Standards are? Want to know more about the term “high stakes testing”? Have you heard about parents, students and teachers
Seattle pushes back on Common Core Standards and high-stakes testing
The Battle for Seattle continues. Please submit this resolution, modified for your district, for adoption at the March 9th Democratic district caucuses, specifically the legislative district
The Opt Out Update: Portland students plan to walk out of test, Tennessee lawmakers want to starve children for not doing well on tests, really, student data collection “unnecessary and Orwellian” and the push back gains momentum
When will the corporate ed reform madness end? Melissa Harris Perry Slams Lawmakers Who Want to Tie Welfare Benefits to Student Grades Parents who receive
