Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Parents joining teachers’ test boycott as Garfield High principals give exam | Local News | The Seattle Times

Parents joining teachers’ test boycott as Garfield High principals give exam | Local News | The Seattle Times:



Parents joining teachers’ test boycott as Garfield High principals give exam

Seattle Superintendent José Banda has ordered Garfield High’s principal and assistant principals to give the tests that Garfield teachers have been protesting, but many students are opting out anyway.,
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Under orders from Seattle Superintendent José Banda, the principal and assistant principals at Garfield High have started giving the district-required tests that Garfield teachers have been boycotting for nearly a month.
The move came after talks between Banda and the teachers ended in deadlock Monday, with teachers vowing to continue their protest of exams known as the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), and Banda telling Garfield’s principal to administer the tests without teachers’ help.
Before Monday’s meeting, both sides had expressed hope that a compromise could be reached. But the meetings, although cordial, ended with an agreement to disagree.
Banda wanted teachers to suspend their boycott while a new task force reviews the district’s entire testing program. That task force, which is scheduled to start meeting Thursday, will include