Over the past few months I have traveled around the country to speak to audiences about the lessons of the historic victory of the Seattle MAP test boycott. Since spring break, I have spoken at the AERA academic conference in San Fransisco, at a high school in Portland with test resisters, to the teacher's union …
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Garfield reading teacher Mallory Clarke, Garfield PTSA president Phil Sherburne, and myself are all featured in Seattle Magazine's August issue in their examination of the MAP test boycott victory. As Phil said, “When we identify the kids who are not performing, we need to figure out the optimum way to use our resources to help …
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[Watch new interview on School-to-prison-pipeline] A landmark study, The Effect of High School Exit Exams on Graduation, Employment, Wages and Incarceration, recently released by researchers Olesya Baker and Kevin Lang at the National Bureau of Economic Research links exit exams to high rates of incarceration. The study found no positive impact of these tests in …
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I am excited to announce that during the historic MAP test boycott in Seattle this year, Morgan Spurlock (who made the award wining film "Super Size Me") sent a film crew from his new hit TV show on CNN, "Inside Man", to cover our story as part of a piece for his upcoming episode on …
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Now that the school year is over, I have had some time to reflect on the meaning of the Seattle MAP test boycott victory. My essay about the lessons of our struggle for quality assessment was published in Good magazine: ------------------- Seattle's Garfield High School, home of the bulldogs, is used to winning. Our jazz …
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