Weekly Update: Opting out in Florida and Oklahoma, protests in Philadelphia and Bill Gates has enters The Twilight Zone , | Seattle Education

Weekly Update: Opting out in Florida and Oklahoma, protests in Philadelphia and Bill Gates has enters The Twilight Zone , | Seattle Education:

Weekly Update: Opting out in Florida and Oklahoma, protests in Philadelphia and Bill Gates has enters The Twilight Zone ,

by seattleducation2011

This week more push back against standardized and high stakes testing.
In Florida:
11 school districts sign national resolution criticizing “over-reliance” on testing; Orange and Seminole could discuss joining at meetings today

UPDATE: Now it’s 12 districts, as Pinellas schools this afternoon signed on, too, reports FairTest.
Eleven Florida school districts, including Osceola County’s, have signed the national anti-testing resolution that calls for states and the federal government to scale back on standardized testing,