You can download this e-book today. It is free today only. It was written by a Florida teacher using a pseudonym.
“This book is a way for me to come to some sense of understanding with the testing culture. I think parents, teachers, and students will relate to the experience of the characters in the book. It fully depicts the scenario of an opt out student and I wrote it geared to young adults (6th to 12th grade).
“Synopsis: In the story, a favorite teacher, Ms. Sandy, gets fed up during a state test and walks out of her classroom and career forever. The readers follow along with the students and fellow teachers as they try to make sense of Ms. Sandy’s actions, and as they discover her secret: she is a badass teacher with a ton of important information about testing. In the end, the community comes together to stand up against testing.”
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Reblogged this on David R. Taylor-Thoughts on Texas Education.
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Reblogged this on Creative Delaware and commented:
Get a free book to add to your summer reading list!
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I already read it! It’s great!!!!!
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Thank you so much. Your comments mean so much to me. I very much appreciate your review here and on the Amazon page. Many thanks !
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Reblogged this on Margo Lynne – Author and commented:
Wow. I made Diane Ravitch’s blog today … and I made it to #1 for my category in Amazon. What a day ! Thank you to everyone who downloaded my book today and a special thanks to Dr. Diane Ravitch !!
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Thanks for the information, Dr. Ravitch. I downloaded it to my Kindle and will read it soon.
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It is a shame that it is only available for Kindle, which I do not own.
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Agreed!
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If you have a smartphone, you can download the Kindle App. Not a lot of fun to read on a screen the size of a playing card, but I do it sometimes to get free books.
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Thank you, Dienne – just put the App on my Mac so now I have it too. (You can put the App on any Mac product!)
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It is also available in paperback on my website. margolynne . com Thank you!
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I’m confused about the national Common Core testing:
“But the completion of the first administration is hardly the end of the work. There are two key things still ahead: 1) performance level setting sessions where educators, community leaders and policymakers from the PARCC states will gather to set the “cut scores” for each performance level in each grade and subject, and 2) the release of scores to parents, teachers and districts in the fall. ”
If one of the goals of this was to compare students across states how does setting the cut scores in each state make that possible? Or are “the PARCC states” coordinating on this?
Or, is the (individual) “state-led” cut score really almost a fiction to be used exclusively in-state because policymakers will have to use the raw scores or a national cut score to compare across states ? There has to be some kind of national cut score, whether anyone admits that up front or not, doesn’t there? I get that it’s important politically for this to appear state-specific but it can’t actually BE state specific in any real way if the goal was national consistency and the ability to compare across states.
http://www.parcconline.org/reaching-educational-milestone
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Chiara, the day you are confused about something is the day I eat a whale for dinner. Thanks for exposing the BS.
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