[RSCT] Seattle teachers suspended for not giving state tests

[Alain Jehlen]

I just saw this note today and checked into it. No comments were
intentionally taken down. We have had some technical problems with comments
disappearing but nobody wants that to happen.

I hope you will put your comments up again, and encourage anyone else whose
comments didn't stay up to do the same. Let me know if it happens again.

Thanks for trying to contribute to our website!

Best regards,

Alain Jehlen
NEA Today writer/editor
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On 2/18/10 12:40 AM, "Joe Rowe" <jrowe at igc.org> wrote:

> FYI. Good article for any curriculum on testing and social justice.  I
> had posted a reader comment on the NEA website suggesting other readers
> call the district and ask for a statement.  NEA deleted my comments and
> many others.   Unions alone are not going to protect teachers.   It
> would be nice if the various social justice groups in SF, Chicago, NY
> and LA had an action alert network, as Seattle is using fear to make an
> example of 2 staff.  My 2 cents...joe rowe
> 
> 
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/neaseattle
> 
> 
> good quote:
> "In 2007, we were told to administer the Washington Alternate Assessment
> System to our students in grades 3-5, and we did. It took nearly three
> months because the test had to be given a little at a time, to each
> student individually. Meanwhile, our other six children were with our
> assistants.
> 
> Although the test was modified, it measured our students achievement
> against grade level standards. Because our students are cognitively at
> ages six months to two years, the assessment was not at their level. It
> had nothing to do with the goals and objectives designed for them.
> 
> Our goal might be to teach them to hold a spoon or recognize their name
> in print, and the test covered fractions."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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