Schools Matter: Wide and Deep: High Stakes Testing Protests Escalate

Schools Matter: Wide and Deep: High Stakes Testing Protests Escalate:

Wide and Deep: High Stakes Testing Protests Escalate

by Jim Horn

From Valerie Strauss at WaPo:

Opposition to high-stakes standardized testing is growing around the country, with more parents choosing to opt their children out of taking exams, more school boards expressing disapproval of testing accountability systems and even a group of superintendents joining the fight.

Just last month I wrote about the growing resistance, noting that it wasn’t yet full-fledged but that it seemed to be picking up steam. It has and still is.

A national resolution protesting high-stakes test that was released in April already has support from more than 300 organizations and more than 8,000 individuals.