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Thursday, May 3, 2012

High Stakes Testing




A National Resolution on High Stakes Testing is circulating now and I encourage you to sign it.


This resolution is modeled on the resolution passed by more than 360 Texas school boards as of April 23, 2012. It was written by Advancement Project; Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; FairTest; Forum for Education and Democracy;MecklenburgACTS; Deborah Meier; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.;National Education Association; New York Performance Standards Consortium; Tracy Novick; Parents Across America; Parents United for Responsible Education - Chicago;Diane Ravitch; Race to Nowhere; Time Out From Testing; and United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries.


Here is the link to sign the petition.
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Posted by Kerry Teegen Dickinson
Labels: education reform, NCLB, Race to Nowhere, Race to the Top, standardized testing

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