Vermont Resolution Against High Stakes Testing
Vermont was known for administering its state standardized test in October, which I thought was brilliant. It truly made the test diagnostic, because teachers and parents had the information from tests to work on all year long.
Now Vermont has taken another bold step: in late July, 2014, it announced the State Board of Education had approved a resolution that rejects high-stakes testing under NCLB and instead urges that “multiple and qualitative assessments” be used to evaluate student work.
So why don’t more states adopt this resolution?
I’ve attached below and linked to the pdf of the resolution.
