1. Teachers in Spotlight Over Testing Boycott.
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Brenneman, Ross
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HIGH-stakes tests , *BOYCOTTS , *POLITICAL participation of teachers , *EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements , *TEST validity ,GARFIELD High School (Seattle, Wash.) - Abstract
The article discusses a boycott conducted by teachers of the Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, against the school's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) computerized high-stakes educational test. Topics include the impact of the MAP tests on teacher evaluation according to Kris McBride, Garfield's testing coordinator, support for the boycott by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the importance, according to the boycotting teachers, of testing validity of high-stakes tests.
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- 2013