Parents Protest Pearson

Finally.

Parents are saying "no" to Pearson tests.  Instead of having their children participate in field testing of Pearson exams, parents are keeping their kids home.

The objection?  They want tests that evaluate whether a student knows the material taught - and not whether or not the teacher stays employed.

Well done parents.

Don't you just love the Big Apple Parents?  

MoCo parents - take a lesson.

From the article:

“I want my school to use tests to help instruction, to help find out if kids don’t know fractions,” she said. “I don’t want my child to feel like her score will decide if her teacher has a job or not.”

Ms. Chajet is one of a small but growing number of parent activists in New York City opposed to the system’s emphasis on high-stakes testing. Many of them took part in a boycott of the field tests in June, when parents at 47 public elementary and middle schools of the 1,029 tested had their children sit them out. In their eyes, it was a win-win situation: Children who skipped the field tests did not risk punitive action or potential harm to their school’s grade on the city’s progress reports, while their parents could make a statement against the tests.

Read the rest here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/education/dear-teacher-johnny-isnt-sick-hes-just-boycotting-the-test.html