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Why Delinking Graduation from the Smarter Balanced Assessment & Other Tests is the Right Thing to Do.

May 17, 2017 — 1 Comment

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Common Sense Questions About the Common Core Test

April 7, 2016 — 5 Comments

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It’s taking four months to send out results of the COMPUTERIZED Common Core Standards SBAC test. Really.

June 9, 2015 — 23 Comments

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A Parent’s Testimony at the Seattle NAACP Press Conference about SBAC testing

April 8, 2015 — 0 Comments

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Have you received a robo-call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is why

April 8, 2015 — 7 Comments

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Pearson and others are exploiting our children by using them to establish the validity, or lack thereof, of the SBAC

April 2, 2015 — 13 Comments

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Everett teachers come out against the SBAC

March 27, 2015 — 2 Comments

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Notes from the field: The Nathan Hale Rally

March 24, 2015 — 1 Comment

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Will the US Department of Education take your school’s Title 1 funds if you opt your student out of the SBAC? Short answer, no.

March 7, 2015 — 13 Comments

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Nathan Hale High School in Seattle says “No!” to the Common Core Standards SBAC test

February 24, 2015 — 23 Comments