Tell Senators Cantwell and Murray to Limit Testing
How does once in elementary, once in middle school and once in high school sound for state testing for federal reports? Because honestly, the overwhelming majority of teachers can tell how a child is doing in school so why the time, cost and lack of real help for teachers/parents with multiple year testing. FairTest has this link to send a letter in support of Senator Jon Tester's amendment (yes, that's his name) to limit testing to three times in a student's K-12 academic career. (This would not preclude district assessments.) Congress is taking up NCLB on July 7th. From Diane Ravitch, PARCC is Falling Apart with the Departure of Ohio: