Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Announcement
brought to you by
concerned teachers,
students, and other
school affiliates
Iamsickof
mystudent's
testscores
definingme
Experiencedteachersavoidcoming
tolowtestingschoolswithstatemandatedstandardizedtestsinorder
toavoiddegradationtotheirteaching
recordor"effective"teachingrating.
A Public Service
Announcement
brought to you by
concerned teachers,
students, and other
school affiliates
Stateadministeredtestsservesasaperformance
assessmentforschools,thereforetheschoolstend
tonarrowtheircurriculumstomatchthetest.This
canleadtothemisconceptionthateducationis
improving.
I'msickof
test
scores
defining
me!
I'msick
ofmy
test
scores
defining
me!
A Public Service
Announcement
brought to you by
concerned teachers,
students, and other
school affiliates
Becausesomestatesmandatedstatetest,lowincome
students,englishlearners,andstudentswithdisabilities
tendtofallbehindtheirpeersinschool.Thesestudents
fallbehindbybeingdeniedadiploma,heldbackayear,or
forcedtotakeremedialeducation.