Schmitz Park Stands with Nathan Hale High School
Sent March 5
Dear Principal Hudson and the Nathan Hale Senate:
We, the undersigned teachers of Schmitz Park, join with the Nathan Hale Senate in its concerns over the validity, reliability, and equity of SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) including the questionable cut score strategy. Like the Nathan Hale Senate, we are also concerned with the loss of instructional time devoted to this questionable test. We stand with you in asserting a commitment to a judicious use of valid, reliable, and equitable assessments. We urge parents to inform themselves about the tests their children are taking and the validity of those tests.
Thank you for putting students first.
Sincerely,
(signed by the majority of teachers at Schmitz Park)
Dear Principal Hudson and the Nathan Hale Senate:
We, the undersigned teachers of Schmitz Park, join with the Nathan Hale Senate in its concerns over the validity, reliability, and equity of SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) including the questionable cut score strategy. Like the Nathan Hale Senate, we are also concerned with the loss of instructional time devoted to this questionable test. We stand with you in asserting a commitment to a judicious use of valid, reliable, and equitable assessments. We urge parents to inform themselves about the tests their children are taking and the validity of those tests.
Thank you for putting students first.
Sincerely,
(signed by the majority of teachers at Schmitz Park)
Comments
-stand up
Hooray!
-Refusalswork
Parents, we have the power!
-Refusalswork
Noticed in SPS talk it isn't "opt-out." It's "refuse". We're not 2 year olds SPS. Parents and teachers can and do question dubious mandates.
What school has the cojones to issue the next letter?
DistrictWatcher
-assontheline
Reader
Reader
A Seattle Public School parent piloted SBAC. Worth reading:
https://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/what-i-learned-taking-the-smarter-balanced-sbac-test/
March 12 (Thursday)
Southwest Library
6pm-7:45pm
event info (and more) at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-Opt-Out/430265387124998
-AS