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SOS Supports Scrap the MAP Test Boycott From USA to UK

SOS Supports Scrap the MAP Test Boycott From USA to UK:


SOS Supports Scrap the MAP Test Boycott From USA to UK



SOS Supports Scrap the MAP Test Boycott From USA to UK

SEATTLE MAP TEST BOYCOTT SPREADS TO THE UK

Originally Posted on April 9, 2013
Contact: Jesse Hagopian, Teacher, Garfield High School
 jessedhagopian@gmail.com 
206-962-1685
The MAP test boycott by Seattle teachers has inspired teachers, parents, and community members across the country to take a stand for meaningful education for all students. Now, this momentum has spread across the Atlantic. As reported in The Guardian, the largest teachers union in Europe has initiated their own boycott of assessments that fail to improve student learning and take away valuable classroom time.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT), representing teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, recently passed a motion calling for a boycott of spelling, punctuation and grammar tests for 11-