Seattle Schools Community Forum: Testing Season 2019

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Testing Season 2019

Testing Season 2019

Seattle Schools is coming up for the testing window for the SBAC.

Opt out info here, including opt-out form.

I again urge you to opt your child out.
#OptOut #RefuseTheTest


From Ignite Fire:

No child has a standardized mind. All are unique and different. In Finland, the first standardized test is taken at 16. Plenty of time to develop and mature. 

➡️Why are we pushing and rushing children to high achievement so early?➡️Why do we care if they are showing college and career readiness in 3rd grade? ➡️Why are we robbing children of their childhood? ➡️Why are we stealing their opportunities to explore and find their passions?

From Stop Fed Ed:

By now, most states have chosen not to use the PARCC (Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career) and Smarter Balanced (SBAC) assessments, which were designed after the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

The states remaining in Smarter Balanced are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Five Things every parent, educator, and legislator should know about high-stakes, standardized testing

• These tests were rolled out having never been field tested and the results have been disastrous. Computer Adaptive Testing- was  CONTINUE READING: Seattle Schools Community Forum: Testing Season 2019