A webinar with Fair Test Monty Neill, United Opt Out’s Tim Slekar and Shaun Johnson with special guest Garfield High School teacher Jesse Hagopian on high stakes testing and opting out
The term “high stakes testing” refers to standardized tests that are taken by students and used to evaluate a teacher and/or principal’s performance or that of a school.
Many times these tests have been used more as a weapon rather than a tool, causing the wholesale firing of teachers and the closing of schools, many timesconverting those closed schools into charter schools.
This type of testing also creates additional stress for students who many times feel that how they perform on a test may affect the future of a well loved teacher or school.
Another outcome of high stakes testing is the unfortunate focus on a small