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Friday, February 22, 2013

Massachusetts professors protest high-stakes standardized tests

Massachusetts professors protest high-stakes standardized tests:


Massachusetts professors protest high-stakes standardized tests

teset1coalition of more than 130 Massachusetts professors and researchers from some 20 schools —  including Harvard, Tufts, Boston and Brandeis universities — signed a new public statement that urges officials to stop overusing high-stakes standardized tests to assess students, teachers and schools.
The statement — also signed by academics from the University of Massachusetts, Clark University, Boston College, Lesley College and other schools — is the latest effort in a revolt against high-stakes testing that has spread from coast to coast. Students are opting out of taking standardized tests, teachers are refusing to administer them and some superintendents are criticizing the standardized test-based accountability systems passed in various states with the support of school reformers.
The statement asks state education officials to change state assessment policies so that