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Topic: Seattle Ballard High School teachers have followed suit: No MAP
test!
Replies: 7   Last Post: Jan 13, 2013 9:36 PM

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Wayne Bishop

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Re: Seattle Ballard High School teachers have followed suit:
No MAP test!
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 10:34 PM
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I don't know anything about the validity or reliability of the test
but my guess is that real objection to the test (2 hours, 3 times
during the year) has more to do with "tied to merit pay" than anything else.

Wayne

At 08:25 AM 1/12/2013, Robert Hansen wrote:

>On Jan 12, 2013, at 9:00 AM, Michael Paul Goldenberg
><mikegold@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> > http://bit.ly/XsO6wa
>
>
>Sounds like they don't like the MAP test. Understandable since this
>is yet another test on top of all the state mandated testing.
>
>I support them.
>
>Bob Hansen

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