Showing posts with label excessive standardized testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label excessive standardized testing. Show all posts
Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You?

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-->  The “Garfield Stand” may eventually come to a school near you following the roll out of the Common Core State Standards (...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Florida Accountability Concerns Increase

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In spite of Florida Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson whirl-wind talking tour of Florida on the heels of the FCAT fiasco, parents, c...
Friday, May 11, 2012

APP Press Release: ALEC Board Delays Vote on Common Core

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Washington, DC – Today, the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), after considering anti-Common Core legislation introd...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Indiana: Parent Opts Out and Indiana DOE Overreacts

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Recently, Grumpy Educators reported on a New York parent who opted her student out of student testing. The response from the school was dis...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

New York: Bringing Parent Opposition and Resistance Out of the Shadows

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From zero reporting on parent opposition to excessive testing, news stories published in mainstream press are popping up here and there - a ...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

2012: States Where Parents Oppose Excessive Standardized Testing

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April 13, 2012 - 282 Texas school districts have now signed the resolution opposing high stakes assessment. http://www.tasanet.org/adopted-...

Washington State: Parent Opposition Out of the Shadows

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April 13, 2012 UDATE: CBS News Seattle coversthe Snoho,ish School District parents who opted out of expensive, excessive standardized testin...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

South Carolina: Parent Opposition and Resistance on Ed Reform Initiatives

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For Immediate Release March 27, 2012 Contact Person: Sarah Johnson Phone: (803) 920-4058, (843) 819-8933 Email: CVedu20@gmail.com Local P...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Illinois Parents: "No good reasons for this excessive testing."

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"Since I found out two years ago how much experimental testing was happening, I’ve opted him out of dozens of tests. He has skipped the...
Monday, March 12, 2012

National Parent Opposition and Resistance Continues to Grow

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Let the testing begin! States have heightened attention on standardized testing as many states approach their scheduled testing dates. Paren...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Florida Parent Trigger: Too many holes

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Parents, community members, and taxpayers pushed back on the Florida "Parent Empowerment" bill and those efforts were successful. ...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

No Unnecessary Tests (NUT) Report: Parent Right to Opt Out Lawsuit Emerges

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Big News!!! (March 2012) The ACLU is interested in supporting any parents whose children received a penalty/threats for opting out of testin...
Monday, February 20, 2012

California: Bringing Parent Opposition and Resistance Out of the Shadows

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San Diego parents oppose state mandated assessment and invoke parent rights. They publish their letter to the school and publish their lette...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Colorado: Parents Oppose Excessive Testing

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In their own voices, parents speak out against excessive testing and test-centric instructional environments, one by one. http://www.youtube...
Sunday, February 5, 2012

Indiana: Bring parent opposition to excessive standardized testing out of the shadows

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Yesterday, Grumpy Educators reported on Texas concerns of the testing "perversion." Today, the highlight is on Indiana and parents...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

High Stakes Assessments: Quality and Validity Issues

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Independent analysis of end-of-course test questions finds quality problems. Related article: FCAT hits national news: "They are defend...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

No Unnecessary Tests (NUT) Report: Good Riddance Day

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Today is Good Riddance Day, a tradition to say goodbye to something that caused misery, worry, and other negative reactions during the year....
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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Washington State: Bringing Parent Opposition and Resistance Out of the Shadows

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Grumpy Educators is committed to highlighting the growing numbers of parents, community members, and taxpayers who question the costs, valid...
Friday, November 18, 2011

#OCCUPYEDUN17: Bring parent, community member, and taxpayer opposition out of the shadows

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Public opposition to education reform initiatives is widespread although it receives little national news coverage. Legislators at all level...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Education Reform: Show me the money - still asking

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More and more fact-based, smart, and talented parents, community members, and taxpayers are blogging on education reform initiatives, fillin...