Monday, February 4, 2013

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ingraham PTSA Speaks on MAP

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ingraham PTSA Speaks on MAP:


Ingraham PTSA Speaks on MAP

January 29, 2013


Dear Superintendent Banda,

The board of the Ingraham High School PTSA respectfully requests that the district suspend all MAP testing at the high school level, effective immediately.

Our PTSA represents the diverse community of parents, teachers, and students at Ingraham. We want our teachers to have the support they need to teach our students and effective tools to measure academic progress. An overwhelming majority of the teachers at our school have expressed a lack of confidence in the MAP as an appropriate assessment for our students. We trust the experience and judgment of our teachers, so we support