Testing Resistance and Reform News March 28 – April 3, 2013

It’s been a watershed week in the campaign for better forms of assessment for children and schools. Indictments in the Atlanta cheating scandal reveal rot at the core of the test-and-punish strategy while protests by parents, teachers, and students are exploding around the nation, including the U.S. Department of Education startingon Thursday, April 4.

Teacher Leader Blames High-Stakes Testing Pressure for Wave of Cheating Scandals
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/news/ysleta-isd-teachers-association-president-blames-s/nW63K/

New FairTest Report Finds Widespread Test Score Manipulation, Further Undermining Credibility
http://www.fairtest.org/2013-Cheating-Report-PressRelease

Cheating Scandals Are a Direct Result of George W. Bush Texas “Reforms”
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/04/commentary-cheating-scandals-are-an-inevitable-result-of-george-w-bushs-educational-reform/


Parents Stand with Teachers Against Excessive Testing
http://rochesterhomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id79992

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