‪Breaking news?: @NAACP now opposing high-stakes testing!

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July 17, 2018

I think this is breaking news? I am currently attending the NAACP national convention in San Antonio Texas. I am sitting in the federal legislative and public policy workshop. In my education packet there is a new issue brief addressing high-stakes testing.

The NAACP is now publicly opposing high-stakes testing! This stand builds on our legacy of opposition articulated in Debra P v. Turlington case.

This is a step forward from 2015.

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12 responses to “‪Breaking news?: @NAACP now opposing high-stakes testing!”

The anti-Black intellectual hierarchy built by standardized testing needs to come down – RaceBaitr

March 17, 2020 at 2:03 pm

[…] of flexibilities in the law that allow for alternative assessments. Leaders of national civil rights groups have lamented the lighter hand being applied to the demands for testing, but as a Black educator, I […]

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Rosalie Friend

July 18, 2018 at 5:45 pm

I applaud the NAACP’s opposition to using a single standardized test score to determine children’s promotion or graduation. I thank you for your active role in contributing to the NAACP’s policies on education. Of course this has been the position of the American Psychological Association for years.
The statement in Diane Ravitch’s column announcing this stand, speaks of normed tests. As an educational psychologist active in Save Our Schools and related efforts, I want to say that the criterion based standardized tests are just as harmful. It may be that criterion related tests are more easily manipulated. Here in New York State setting the cut score on the state ELA and math achievement tests so that 70% of children are labeled not proficient is a dramatic indication that this is a political device, not related to improving learning and instruction.

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2018 Medley #18 – Live Long and Prosper

July 18, 2018 at 11:42 am

[…] Breaking News?: @NAACP Now Opposing High-Stakes Testing! […]

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The NAACP Once Again Opposes High Stakes Standardized Testing! | gadflyonthewallblog

July 18, 2018 at 10:41 am

[…] The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) distributed an issue brief yesterday at its national convention in San Antonio, Texas, titled “NAACP OPPOSES HIGH-STAKES EDUCATIONAL TESTING.” […]

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Kevin Ohlandt

July 17, 2018 at 8:05 pm

Reblogged this on Exceptional Delaware.

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Sandy Stenoff

July 17, 2018 at 4:15 pm

Did they vote on it?

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1. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
  
  July 17, 2018 at 4:22 pm
  
  It’s an issue brief and approach, not a resolution.
  
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wdf1

July 17, 2018 at 11:39 am

Is there any press release from NAACP on this? Seems like it would be worth a more prominent mention than what I can find from googling.

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1. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
  
  July 17, 2018 at 12:06 pm
  
  No. Right now it’s exclusively on Cloaking Inequity.
  
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ciedie aech

July 17, 2018 at 10:28 am

a very DEFINITE step forward!

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Breaking News: NAACP Comes Out in Opposition to High-Stakes Standardized Testing! | Diane Ravitch's blog

July 17, 2018 at 10:00 am

[…] Today, the NAACP endorsed a resolution opposing the use of a single standardized test score to determine students&#82… […]

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Monty Neill

July 17, 2018 at 9:20 am

This is important progress and @fairtestoffice commends the NAACP. We look forward to working with them to oppose high stakes testing.

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