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Time Out From Testing has archived the following articles in 2009.

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12-7-09 1,000 rally to protest PBC School District academic changes Orlando Sentinel

12-7-09 CUNY's got math problem: Report shows many freshmen from city HS fail at basic algebra Daily News

12-7-09 North Carolina: No Test Points for Cash New York Times

10-10-09 Berliner: Why Rising Test Scores May Not Mean Increased Learning The Washington Post

10-10-09 Assessing Those Who Grade the Tests New York Times

9-30-09 Valerie Strauss: Why So Many People are So Angry At Arne Duncan Education News

8-12-09 City students are passing standardized tests just by guessing Daily News

7-15-09 Low test standards are a form of social promotion, say experts Daily News

5-17-09 Number of Students Leaving School Early Continues to Increase, Study Says New York Times

5-17-09 ‘No Child’ Law Is Not Closing a Racial Gap New York Times

4-21-09 Heads want to stop Sats at age seven The Independent

4-21-09 Chanting teachers welcome vote to boycott primary tests The Independent

4-21-09 Mayor Bloomberg’s Crib Sheet New York Times

4-21-09 Rev. Al Sharpton's $500G link to education reform NY Daily News

3-17-09 Stimulus to Help Retool Education, Duncan Says Washington Post

3-17-09 Survey of Teachers Shows Dissatisfaction With Klein New York Times

3-17-09 Taking Sides on New York’s School Chancellor New York Times

3-17-09 School control author says law needs revision Queens Chronicle

1-22-09 Study Sees an Obama Effect as Lifting Black Test-Takers New York Times

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Help stop K-2 standardized testing in our schools!
Download and copy the parent protest letter and SLT & PTA resolutions, and gather signatures today!
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+ Letter for Parents, spanish

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The Alliance for Childhood has issued a report on the need for creative play, not testing or test prep, in kindergarten.
+ Read the flier
+ Read the 8-page summary.

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Stop K-2 standardized testing!
Chancellor Klein and Mayor Bloomberg are considering a policy to bring mandated standardized testing to kindergarten through 2nd grade. We must stop them!

Sign the online petition today, and pass on the link.

NCLB is up for reauthorization NOW!
Read about it in THIS BOOKLET
Then contact your congressperson

Did You Know?
Did you know that charter schools in New York City enroll fewer students who qualify for free lunch and fewer homeless students?

Music Video: "Not on the Test"
Produced by: Public School Test Records and Grammy Award-winner Tom Chapin

Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math
Sam Dillon, New York Times

As Test-Taking Grows, Test-Makers Grow Rarer
David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times

Principals Face Review in Education Overhaul
Elissa Gootman, New York Times

"No Child Left Behind: The Test"
Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools

National Education Association:
More information against NCLB.

"Test Question No. 1: Why Have These Tests?"
NYT article on one of Time Out's strongest activists: Jane R. Hirschmann

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