National Resolution against High-Stakes Testing
by leoniehaimson
The following resolution is modeled on a resolution passed by 405 Texas school boards asof April 25, 2012. It was written by Parents Across America, in collaboration with theAdvancement Project; Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; FairTest; Forum for Education and Democracy;MecklenburgACTS; Deborah Meier; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.;National Education Association; New York Performance Standards Consortium; Tracy Novick; Parents United for Responsible Education – Chicago; Diane Ravitch; Race to Nowhere; Time Out From Testing; andUnited Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries. Diane Ravitch has written about ithere; and Valerie Straus of the Washington Post here.
We encourage organizations and individuals to publicly endorse it here; and please urge your school boards to do so as well. You should feel free to modify or add to the resolution, as needed, to fit your community’s needs and circumstances, while also endorsing this national version. As of April 26, one day after it was publicly released, it had been endorsed by more than 100 organizations and more than 2000 individuals.
If your school board does pass it, please let us know by emailing us atinfo@parentsacrossamerica.org with national resolution in the subject line; thanks!
WHEREAS, our nation’s future well-being relies on a high-quality public education system
