Seattle Will Drop MAP Test for High Schools

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1. Sue says:

   May 16, 2013 at 2:36 pm

   It’s a real victory….but just a start… Shows that when teachers, parents, and community really voice their opinions, AND IT GETS LOTS OF PRESS, there is a chance to turn this madness around…..congrats to the Seattle folks with the courage and determination to say enough already.

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2. TC says:

   May 16, 2013 at 3:02 pm

   Glad to see some semblance of reason return to the wide, wide, world of education.

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3. SporLin says:

   May 17, 2013 at 12:41 am

   Seattle Teachers showed great courage and took a stand on principles that went against the system and protected their students from this madness. However, the MAP test is not the state mandated standardized test. We need to use the Seattle teachers’ example by confronting current high stakes state testing. Class of 2013 has 3,700 high poverty and minority students that will be denied their high school over not passing state math standard. 2012….all these students would have graduated. Legislators are aware that the remaining students at risk of having their high school diplomas plucked from their hands are our most vulnerable students that will be hit the hardest. Thousands of lives shattered in so many pieces that we will never be able to put them back together again. Senator Litzow, Tom, and Rep Dahlquist leading the movement to place barrier to stop any amendment to protect these students. Randy Dorn the state superintendent is aware of the inequity across the state to offer every student an opportunity to have access to every option available to pass state math standard. He remains silent and will not advocate for the rights of the thousands that were notified late that they were not going to graduate. None of our legislators have gone in front of our public to justify the new policy that forces a student into dropout over one math test. There is no evidence based research to back this policy, it is an ideology that defines our youth’s self-worth and rejects those that don’t fit the one size fits all assessment model. Citizens of Washington State have been kept uninformed, and policy makers have continued to push their ideology forward without explanation or justification. The great people of Washington would not allow this to happen if they were aware. Each day that passes and each day that comes closer to graduation, is one more day that our state policy makers gain a day towards their agenda…..a new ideology that reflects their belief system, their values, and their determination to define who walks through the door of opportunity with their high school diploma and who is rejected and abandoned at the threshold. Content that those sent away are on a pathway to a life of government dependence and an overwhelming tax bill to the state taxpayers……this is backed by evidenced based research.

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   July 18, 2013 at 6:14 pm

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