Day: 27 April 2013

USA

US: Seattle teachers’ testing boycott

April 27, 2013 Dylan Murphy, first published in <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>, magazine of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Teachers at Garfield High school in Seattle, Washington, faced down possible suspension for boycotting the winter Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test, which purports to evaluate student progress in reading and maths. Special financial appeal […]