Testing Resistance & Reform News: February 28 - March 6, 2013
Testing season begins this month, so even more protest campaigns are gearing up across the nation.
March (Testing) Madness Takes Over Schools
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/cmts_capt_begin/id_55546
Seattle Teachers Stoke National Debate About Standardized Tests
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/03/us-usa-education-testing-idUSBRE92207B20130303?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
Boycott Gains Voice in Legislature with Bill to Report Costs of Testing
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2013/03/anti-testing_movement_gains_vo.php
Colorado Students Plan March 14 Walk Out to Protest High-Stakes Exams
http://www.students4ourschools.org/calender-and-events.html
Standardized Testing Becomes the Great Divide in School Policy
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teachers-testing-20130304,0,4686481.story
High-Stakes Testing Threatens Civil Rights by Widening Racial Gaps
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20130228/OPINION01/302280017/Editorial-High-stakes-testing-civil-rights-issue
Testing, Other Policy Trends De-Professionalize Teaching
http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/policy-reforms-deprofessionalization
Florida Bill Would Delay Common Core Assessments Until New Exams Meet the Test
http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/03/04/bill-would-delay-next-generation-test-until-schools-have-technology-ready/
Five Things to Know About the SAT: Old or "New"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/01/five-things-to-know-about-the-sat/
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