NYC Field Test Boycott Letter of Endorsement
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Commissioned by New York State and developed by NCS Pearson, Inc., the test development relies upon (1) student labor without parent consent, (2) valuable class time, and (3) tax payer money to try out questions for future standardized tests. The for-profit testing company, NCS Pearson charges New York State 7 million dollars, of which 30% is allocated for field tests. As New York City public schools struggle to provide resources for every child, citizens are paying a billion dollar corporation to develop its products, which the state will then purchase.
With this letter, we join over 1,000 New York State professors and over 1,500 New York school principals, who have voiced objections to high-stakes testing in open letters to the New York State Regents.
As parents and students know, high-stakes testing can be stressful and can be hard on everyone. Beyond this, the research on high-stakes testing [1] is clear; among the many issues we highlight the following. High-stakes standardized testing:
- Does not improve learning or teaching;
- Does not accurately measure student achievement. Furthermore, all statistical measurements contain errors;
- Narrows curriculum by forcing teachers to prepare students for the test, and reduces the rich enterprise of teaching and learning to a number;
- Produces data on schools and students that is used to stratify schools and limit students' educational access instead of ensuring sound basic education for all;
- Is especially harmful for students with special needs, as well as students from low income, racially minoritized, and English language learning backgrounds.
As researchers and scholars dedicated to education that cultivates and sustains democracy, we oppose high-stakes testing. We stand in solidarity with the brave families who are participating the Field Test Boycott of October 2012. [2]
[1] For more information on the evidence of standardized testing, see our wiki (http://edu4-high-stakes-testing.wikispaces.com/).
[2] If you would like to continue this conversation, please visit Edu4 (http://www.education4.org/).
1. Adam Howard, Chair of the Bergamo Conference
2. Daiyu Suzuki, Teachers College, Columbia University
3. Arlo Kempf, University of California, Los Angeles
4. M Francyne Huckaby, Texas Christian University
5. Isabel Nunez, Concordia University Chicago
6. Bill Ayers, University of Illinois at Chicago
7. Joe Ohlinger University of Chicago at Illinois
8. Brenna Barlow, University of Illinois at Chicago
9. Cristyne Herbert, York University
10. Herbert Hough, SUNY-Buffalo
11. Dennis Carlson
12. Leigh Chiarelott, University of Toledo
13. Nicholas Krebs, Purdue University
14. Todd Alan Price, National Louis University
15. Jake Burdick, Purdue University
16. Karen Sandlos, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
17. Carmen Scalfaro, Miami University
18. Jocelyn Weeda, Miami University
19. Kelly Waldrop, Miami University
20. Tom Poetter, Miami University
21. Ajay Sharma, University of Georgia
22. Jane Kenway, Monash University
23. Tracey Pyscher, University of Minnesota
24. Peter Hilton, Saint Xavier University Chicago
25. Nastaran Karim, Purdue University
26. Kaddriye El-Atwani, Purdue University
27. Antonio Garcia, Indiana University
28. Tom Kelly, John Carroll University
29. Marsha Heck, Indiana University South Bend
30. Zachary Pierson, University of Minnesota
31. Jules Meremestein, Arcadia University
32. Susan Adams, Butler University
33. Jamie Buffington-Adams, Indiana University East
34. Shannon White, Indiana University IUPUI
35. Jeanne Vamlaan, Wayne State University
36. Richard C. Pipan, Oakland University
37. Danielle Klein, Louisiana State University
38. Warren Crichlow, York University
39. Deborah Wilcox, Confluency Consultants
40. Aziz Alamri, Kent State University
41. Roland K Arter, University of Akron
42. Ahmed Alsaghiar, Kent State University
43. Jim Henderson, Kent State University
44. Sabrina Ross, Georgia Southern University
45. Sandra Conrad, National Louis University
46. Karen Sarasin, National Louis University
47. Marcello Isaaco, Kent State
48. Darlene Gonzales-Galindo, Arizona State University
49. Sonia Janis, University of Georgia
50. Mary Doll, School of Art and Design
51. Marla Morris, Georgia Southern University
52. William H. Schubert, University of Illinois at Chicago
53. Jason Ware, Purdue University
54. Nick Knebs, Purdue University
55. Jubin Rahatzad, Purdue University
56. Sandro Barros, DePauw University
57. Peter Appelbaum, Arcadia University
58. Sunguon Shin, Indiana University
59. Cathy KW Shin, Indiana University
60. Dinny Risri Aletheiani, Arizona State University
61. Michael Bae, Buffalo State
62. Joseph Watras
63. Debbie Seltzer, Wabash College
64. Seungho Moon, Oklahoma State University
65. Nancy Spillane, George Washington University
66. Reiko Akiyama, Purdue University
67. Shanon Lindsay Toth, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
68. Carl B. Anleson, Penn State University
69. Serina A. Cinnamon, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
70. Teya Yu, SUNY Buffalo
71. Kelly Vaughn, University of Illinois at Chicago
72. Brian Lozenski, University of Minnesota
73. Chris Loeffler, Arcadia University
74. Jillian Ford, Kennesaw State University
75. Jinting Wu, University of Wisconsin Madison
76. Hanna Sasser, Purdue University
77. Rachell S. Harper, University of Illinois at Chicago
78. Norm Friesen, Thompson Rivers University
79. Anna V. Wilson, Chapman University
80. Timothy Leonard, Xavier University (Cincinnati)
81. Gabriel Huddleston, Indiana University
82. Jory Brass, Arizana State University
83. Janae Dimick, Chapman University
84. Beth Pittard, University of Georgia
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