Teachers At Two Seattle High Schools Refuse To Administer ‘Unwanted’ Standardized Test [View all]

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Bravo. Let's hope it's a movement. Remember, in Finland they eliminated high stakes testing.

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In Seattle, teachers at Garfield High School actually decided to refuse to administer the local “Measures of Academic Progress” (MAP) standardized test. Soon after, teachers at nearby Ballard High School decided to refuse to administer the test as well.

The teachers write in an open letter that the test “remains unwanted and unneeded and unsolicited by SPS [Seattle Public Schools] professional classroom educators,” and that it has no bearing on the students’ graduation or course credits.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/teachers-at-two-seattle-high-schools-refuse-to-administer-unwanted-standardized-test/