Florida PTA Supports Resolution Efforts Against High Stakes Testing; Meanwhile, Gerard Robinson’s Meltdown Continues | Scathing Purple Musings

Florida PTA Supports Resolution Efforts Against High Stakes Testing; Meanwhile, Gerard Robinson’s Meltdown Continues | Scathing Purple Musings:

Florida PTA Supports Resolution Efforts Against High Stakes Testing; Meanwhile, Gerard Robinson’s Meltdown Continues

by Bob Sikes

From Orange County’s (Orlando) PTA Councils:

Florida PTA, along with our parent National PTA, supports recent Resolution efforts against high-stakes testing. PTA’s long-standing position is, in summary.
PTA opposes the use of a national, mandated, standardized test as the sole criterion for measuring a school or student’s progress.
PTA desires an accountability system, which includes multiple indicators of educational quality.
PTA believes that student assessment should identify how instruction and learning can be