Seattle NAACP and allies confront Seattle Public Schools over high-stakes testing requirements of students
Seattle, WA – On Wednesday, April 6th at 4:00pm the Seattle King County NAACP and Seattle Opt Out will meet to confront Seattle Public Schools over high-stakes testing for Seattle students. The NAACP will present the School District with a list of demands to address the intimidation of students and parents who choose to opt out of high-stakes testing.
What: Press Conference
When: April 6th at 4:00pm
Where: Seattle Public Schools: 2445 3rd Ave S, Seattle WA 98134
Who: Seattle NAACP leaders, parents, students, and education leaders
Seattle Education 
Excellent. In case any of these are helpful to support Seattle NAACP…
Over 100 Education Researchers Call for Moratorium on High Stakes Standardized Tests, SBAC http://eduresearcher.com/2016/03/16/sbac-moratorium/ (California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education)
Open Letter to State Department of Education on Release of [False] Test Scores:
http://eduresearcher.com/2015/09/08/openletter/ and
Critical Questions about Computerized Assessments and SBAC Test Scores:
Thank you Roxana.
do you know that half of the written responses on the SBAC will never see a human scorer? And there’s no evidence for the validity or efficacy of machine scoring? see
Click to access Machine-scoring-brief-4.5.16-1.pdf
please send a letter to your state commissioner today, asking him whether the SBAC for your child will be scored by a human or a machine:
http://www.studentprivacymatters.org/our-letter-to-the-education-commissioners-in-the-parcc-and-sbac-states/
Thank you Leonie.
GO SEATTLE! WE are watching!