Teachers at Ballard High School in Seattle Join the MAP Boycott « Seattle Education

Teachers at Ballard High School in Seattle Join the MAP Boycott « Seattle Education:

Teachers at Ballard High School in Seattle Join the MAP Boycott

by seattleducation2011

“We, the undersigned educators are professionals who know how students learn and what they need from our daily experiences with them in the classroom and our years of expertise in education.  We believe the MAP test is a waste of students’ class time.  We believe in real learning opportunities.  Assessments are helpful, but the MAP test is not connected to what we teach, is not connected to our standards and has little benefit to students or student learning.  It provides little useful data and is not taken seriously by our students. The MAP test also consumes unsupportable labor, time, hardware,