Just a Reminder

Tele-townhall TONIGHT at 7 p.m. on standardized testing. 

It's being sponsored by Fair Test ,"the National Center for Fair and Open Testing that works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing AND to ensure that the evaluation of our students, teachers and schools is done in a fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial manner."

Speakers include Garfield student body president, Obadiah Perry; Mallory Clarke, Garfield High teacher, and the executive director of Fair Test, Dr. Monty Neill.  

It starts at 7p.m.  and the call-in number is  1-(866) 476-7782

Comments

Anonymous said…
You mean Obadiah Stevens-Terry.

Sidneyd
2/18/13, 5:20 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
Yes, but he gave them his name as Obadiah Terry so that's what I am going with.
2/18/13, 6:22 PM
watching said…
Does anyone know about Fair Test?
2/18/13, 6:59 PM
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2/18/13, 7:00 PM
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2/18/13, 7:10 PM
Melissa Westbrook said…
Well, that was disappointing. We had a bad technical glitch mid-way through the townhall and were forced to end early.
2/18/13, 7:42 PM
Anonymous said…
Any news on how the phone participation was hacked?
2/18/13, 8:03 PM
Anonymous said…
'the smartest girl in the room' apparetly has many talents.....

-Goat
2/19/13, 6:59 AM
Melissa Westbrook said…
I don't think anything was "hacked" but it was sad that they couldn't get it straightened out. Fair Test had a professional company doing the technical stuff so I don't know why they couldn't straighten it out.

Goat, very funny.
2/19/13, 8:58 AM
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