Thanks @GaryVanDeaver for saying, “The elephant in the room, seems to be an element of distrust of teachers by policy makers who do not trust teachers to even grade a portfolio. They are ready and willing to trust the testing companies to hire graders they find on craigslist."
“If we ignore evidence-based research and cause harm....we commit malpractice. “ Please call your legislator and tell them not to tie funding to test scores. #txlege#txed
Sabbath prayers this Mother's Day for #txlege#HB3 conference committee
Get this historic #txed bill passed without compromising it with outcomes-based funding that doesn't work & hurts our poorest children.
Listen to mothers & teachers! Neither want OBF! #testfreeHB3@TAMSATX
Holding $9 billion dollars of #HB3 school funding hostage over failed & discredited high stakes testing for 8-year-old 3rd graders is an extraordinary malpractice of #txlege governance. Not one #txed educator group affirms it.
Conference, reject this nonsense! @RepDennisBonnen
We now have the names of all 10 members of the HB 3 conference. Please call all ten PLUS your house rep if he or she is not one of the five! #blockvote
Over reliance on standardized testing has clouded thinking on what should be tested and how to show what students know. #txed#txlege Despite Progress, the ‘Charade’ of High-Stakes Testing Persists https://t.co/JMtTupVrP3
Most complaining about the teacher walkout for funding have never moved beyond the keyboard to see the needs. This is not right. #OklaEd https://t.co/8V6lk9mUCp