Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Common Core Standards, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

Video of press conference: The King County NAACP comes out against the Common Core SBAC and Garfield High School does it again

April 10, 2015 — 2 Comments

Common Core Standards

6 Reasons why the Common Core Standards are a big fail

April 9, 2015 — 9 Comments

Bill Gates, Common Core Standards, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), League of Education Voters, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Puget Sound Educational Service District, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exam, Stand for Children, Standardized testing

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

High Stakes Testing, Opt Out Update, Opting Out of High Stakes Testing, Push Back, Standardized testing, Testing

Testing resistance around the country, now a national movement: A state-by-state update

March 18, 2015 — 4 Comments

Push Back, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

SBAC resistance in Washington State is growing

March 16, 2015 — 7 Comments

Common Core Standards, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exam

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

Push Back, SBAC, Seattle Pubic Schools, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exam

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

February 24, 2015 — 23 Comments

A Better Way, Opting Out of High Stakes Testing

UNITED OPT OUT NATIONAL: Standing Up for Action Conference

January 1, 2015 — 2 Comments