Who are tests bad for?
(from the New Action leaflet distributed at the December 2013 Delegate Assembly). For a printable version click: December 2013 Leaflet WHO ARE TESTS BAD FOR? New Action opposes the Teacher Evaluation System, largely due to rating teachers based on student test scores. But we should object to tests f
High Stakes Tests Make Kids Sick
This Wednesday the UFT passed a resolution that says, in part “the current intensity of the standardized test taking and test prep affects children emotionally and physically leading to anxiety, frustration, low self-esteem, headaches, and other physical ailments” This text was offered a