A beautiful thing happened today. Teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy voted unanimously to refuse to administer the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT). Since teachers at Garfield High School—and then several other schools in Seattle—voted to boycott the MAP test last year, there has been an explosion of activism against high-stakes, standardized tests. And yet …
Month: February 2014
TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM SPRING: A new national coalition coordinating the uprising against standardized testing!
I am excited to announce that a new national coalition has formed for the purpose of encouraging an uprising against standardized testing this spring. Dubbed the "Testing Resistance and Reform Spring," some of the most prominent national grassroots organizations in defense of public education have joined together in this effort, including FairTest, Network for Public …
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