Time Out From Testing

Time Out From Testing

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Time Out... Articles - 3 new! Testimonies Press Releases Data and Charts Article Archives  Mayoral Control Testimonies: - Time Out From Testing - NY Performance Standards Consortium - Center for Immigrant Families - Deborah Meier  Protest K-2 Testing Articles - 1 new! Klein/Bloomberg  Responses to NYC School Reorganization Response to Klein City Resolution Garodnick Letter Disastrous Reforms Improving Schools  DOE's New Testing Plan K-2, 8th retention What's the plan? Get the facts Testing definitions What DOE says DOE Survey CPE Letter to Klein  Regents Review Panel Reports & Reviews Panel Bios  3rd Grade Retention Policy What it is Articles Documents Take Action! Testimonies  About Time Out     From Testing: Mission Timeline Bios		Time Out From Testing is a statewide coalition of parent, educator, business, community, and civil rights organizations in New York State committed to a "time-out" from excessive and high stakes exams. We call for a comprehensive review of the Regents exams and state-initiated standardized tests and the impact they have had on our children, our schools, and our communities. New-- 1,000 rally to protest PBC School District academic changes New-- CUNY's got math problem: Report shows many freshmen from city HS fail at basic algebra New-- North Carolina: No Test Points for Cash Read all articles from 2009 Read articles from previous years		Help stop K-2 standardized testing in our schools! Download and copy the parent protest letter and SLT & PTA resolutions, and gather signatures today! + Letter for School Leadership Teams and PTAs + Letter for Parents + Letter for Parents, spanish--- The Alliance for Childhood has issued a report on the need for creative play, not testing or test prep, in kindergarten. + Read the flier + Read the 8-page summary. --- Stop K-2 standardized testing! Chancellor Klein and Mayor Bloomberg are considering a policy to bring mandated standardized testing to kindergarten through 2nd grade. We must stop them! Sign the online petition today, and pass on the link. NCLB is up for reauthorization NOW! Read about it in THIS BOOKLET Then contact your congressperson Join the TOFT mailing list: First name: Last name: E-mail: Optional: Click to enter more details... Music Video: "Not on the Test" Produced by: Public School Test Records and Grammy Award-winner Tom ChapinSchools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math Sam Dillon, New York Times As Test-Taking Grows, Test-Makers Grow Rarer David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times Principals Face Review in Education Overhaul Elissa Gootman, New York Times "No Child Left Behind: The Test" Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools National Education Association: More information against NCLB. "Test Question No. 1: Why Have These Tests?" NYT article on one of Time Out'sstrongest activists: Jane R. Hirschmann
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