MA Test Reform

Check out the work by another great group, Change the Stakes! What a great motto, "Our children are more than test scores!" Their website can be found at:

http://www.changethestakes.org/

Change the Stakes Take a Stand Against High Stakes Testing: Our Children Are More Than Test Scores!

The National Resolution got a great mention in this article! Definitely worth a read!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2012/11/12/revolt-against-high-stakes-standardized-testing-spreads/

Revolt against high-stakes standardized testing spreads Revolt against high-stakes standardized testing spreadsPosted byValerie Strausson November 12, 2012 at5:00 amText SizePrintReprintsShare:More »FacebookTwitterStumbleUponDiggDeliciousEven as policymakers find new ways to use standardized tests as a measurement tool, a rebellion against the high-stake...

This documentary, TEACH, was recently nominated for Best US Documentary Feature from the International Film Festival of Manhattan. For more information, check out their promo trailer!

http://www.teachdocumentary.com/film/teachfilm.cfm

Film Our Way Films - TEACH - Documentary Movie An Alternative to Won't Back Down, the TEACH documentary takes a different viewpoint about teachers and education, TEACH Documentary, teaching documentary, documentaries about public schools, education documentaries, films about public education, TEACH, Teachers are Talking, Is the Nation Listening?...

*FINALLY...AN ACTION PLAN!!!* SEE THE NOTES SECTION OF OUR PAGE FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO DO YOUR PART!

www.malegislature.gov

187th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Find specific branch bills by "S" or "H" followed by number. Use "quotes for phrases", in combination with traditional AND, OR, NOT. (for example: animals NOT dogs)

"We must remember that test scores are a by-product of quality education, not its lone goal."

LETTER: Put perspective on test scores The recent release of state MCAS scores and its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) ramifications have stirred concerns, but before parents give way to anxiety, as a community, we should bear in mind three facts:

"Someone should be printing up a T-shirt about now that says: 'My nation spent billions on testing and all I got was a 1-point gain.'”
--"The Answer Sheet" Washington Post article by Valerie Strauss about the most recent NAEP scores.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-the-new-naep-test-results-really-tell-us/2011/11/01/gIQADSOtcM_blog.html

What the new NAEP test results really tell us Someone should be printing up a T-shirt about now that says: “My nation spent billions on testing and all I got was a 1-point gain.”

Interesting read from Diane Ravitch about high stakes testing

Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t) Education historian Diane Ravitch, writing about her trip to Finland, explains that the Finnish school system is amazing — even though students there don’t take a standardized test until their last year of high school.

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Recent news around No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in terms of standardized testing

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/will-new-nclb-law-be-less-test-obsessed/2011/1