Seattle Schools and "Refusal" to Take Tests
I asked SPS for a comment on what the policies are for parents who want to opt their students out of standardized testing. (Although MAP is not mentioned, these answers probably apply.) Here is the reply (and I'm happy to see this district not being punitive):Currently for the MSP, we do not have “opt out” but rather parent or student refusal. (The language from the Washington State Assessment C
Common Core and What is Coming
I remember from talking to a teacher in Pittsburgh (where coincidentally, this photo was taken), that she told me her school had a "data room" where any teacher in any class could see how every single student was doing AND look up all the data on them - discipline records, F/RL, etc. This appears to be such a room. She said the door was not locked and any adult could wander in there.
3-23-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Race in our Public SchoolsMore news on race and children in America.I offer this information as news. I have tried not to editorialize much here but to listen to what others are saying. Somewhere in this country, people are suspending preschoolers and most of them are children of color or Special Education students. (I didn't even know you could suspend a pre-sc
