San Jacinto Teachers Association

CA State Board of Education voted to seek federal assessment, accountability, and report flexibilities due to impact of COVID-19 on Schools.

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Wanted to post this petition one more time. https://actionnetwork.org//we-must-pursue-a-waiver-for-sta

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond today issued the following statement in response to the latest guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on administerin...g statewide standardized tests this year: Standardized tests are imperfect measures at best and often provide snapshots of student performance that are far too narrow to help educators in any given year, let alone during a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic. Most years, the results of statewide testing simply reflect the deep and systemic inequities that have placed generations of students at a historic, ongoing academic disadvantage. Those are the students whose families have been hit hardest by COVID-19households in poverty and communities of colorand every resource dedicated to taking a test is a resource that could be better spent on helping students recover from this crisis and accelerate learning. Even as more schools reopen in the weeks and months ahead, it seems unlikely there is enough time to meaningfully prepare our students for statewide tests. And for the hundreds of thousands of students who still lack internet access at home, remote testing is simply not a viable option." Read the full statement: https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr21/yr21rel10.asp