tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004193.post111569818116919777..comments2024-03-27T20:39:56.082-05:00Comments on Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas: CNN Program on High-Stakes TestingAngela Valenzuelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377527828841110131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004193.post-1116047411896433402005-05-14T00:10:00.000-05:002005-05-14T00:10:00.000-05:00we're a group of graduate students, from universit...we're a group of graduate students, from university of texas at san antonio. we studied the TAKS and standardized testing research with Ellen Riojas Clark this semester -- and participated in a teleconference with Dr. Valenzuela. <BR/>especially in the CNN piece, i notice the focus on children, their decision-making. this is coupled with the apparent LACK of decision-making ability our teachers have. as a teacher, i feel a responsibility to educate, not traumatize. <BR/>so we've created and distributed a manifesto. for a "TAKS Boycott." we promote the collective action of all texas teachers, to destroy TAKS tests (literally, with scissors or matches or something) instead of administering them. so not permit students like Mia Kang to risk their college futures. teachers should lay down in front of this TAKS bulldozer. if they're want to dismantle public education, they'll have to get through us first. refuse to step aside. <BR/><A HREF="http://taksboycott.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">taksboycott.blogspot.com</A>TAKS Boycott Associationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128349792981083210noreply@blogger.com