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Nathan Hale High in Seattle opts out of high stakes testing
New Seattle Test Boycott Erupts: Nathan Hale High School votes to refuse to administer a Common Core testhttp://iamaneducator.com/2015/02/24/new-seattle-test-boycott-erupts-nathan-hale-high-school-votes-to-refuse-to-administer-a-common-core-test/
Today, I found out from my good friend Doug Edelstein that his school community decided to collectively refuse to administer the new Common Core test, the SBAC, to 11th graders. Doug teaches at, and graduated from, Nathan Hale (in fact, my step-dad was a classmate of his). The Nathan Hale Senate–a body made up of the teachers, administrators, parents and students–voted nearly unanimously that this test was inappropriate. The vote was taken after careful consideration and much discussion and inquiry, including two school community forums — one of which included University of Washington professor of education and renowned scholar on high-stakes testing, Wayne Au. This is the first year that the SBAC is required in the Seattle Public Schools, and this action represents an escalation of the high-stakes testing resistance that erupted against the MAP test in 2013. In taking this action, Nathan Hale has became the latest focal point of what has now become the largest ongoing revolt against high-stakes testing in U.S. history and an important new escalation in the national resistance to common core testing.
Doug wrote the following announcement of Nathan Hale’s courageous decision to take a stand against the testocracy:
Today, I found out from my good friend Doug Edelstein that his school community decided to collectively refuse to administer the new Common Core test, the SBAC, to 11th graders. Doug teaches at, and graduated from, Nathan Hale (in fact, my step-dad was a classmate of his). The Nathan Hale Senate–a body made up of the teachers, administrators, parents and students–voted nearly unanimously that this test was inappropriate. The vote was taken after careful consideration and much discussion and inquiry, including two school community forums — one of which included University of Washington professor of education and renowned scholar on high-stakes testing, Wayne Au. This is the first year that the SBAC is required in the Seattle Public Schools, and this action represents an escalation of the high-stakes testing resistance that erupted against the MAP test in 2013. In taking this action, Nathan Hale has became the latest focal point of what has now become the largest ongoing revolt against high-stakes testing in U.S. history and an important new escalation in the national resistance to common core testing.
Doug wrote the following announcement of Nathan Hale’s courageous decision to take a stand against the testocracy:
Nathan Hale to boycott test, risking fed funding to state
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/nathan-hale-to-boycott-new-test-faces-loss-of-some-federal-money/
The leadership team at Nathan Hale High voted Tuesday not to give its juniors the new tests which are tied to the Common Core, a set of learning standards in reading and math that many states are starting to use.
The team said its juniors are already tested enough.
The tests, called Smarter Balanced, are replacing Washington’s old statewide exams in reading and math. Some schools piloted the tests last year.
“It was just too much,” Nathan Hale Senate Chairwoman Melinda Greene said of the amount of testing the students face. “The consensus has just been that this particular class has had enough.”
The leadership team at Nathan Hale High voted Tuesday not to give its juniors the new tests which are tied to the Common Core, a set of learning standards in reading and math that many states are starting to use.
The team said its juniors are already tested enough.
The tests, called Smarter Balanced, are replacing Washington’s old statewide exams in reading and math. Some schools piloted the tests last year.
“It was just too much,” Nathan Hale Senate Chairwoman Melinda Greene said of the amount of testing the students face. “The consensus has just been that this particular class has had enough.”
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