The next school board meeting is SEPTEMBER 3, 2014. Here are links to videos about the coming assessments from the past 2 school board meetings. At the July 16, 2014 board meeting, Carvalho spoke in depth about concerns. https://youtube/watch?v=FxNauEs7ytg At the Aug 6, 2014 board meeting, I spoke about the testing. https://youtube/watch?v=9dzY9YpdPLc FYI… Miami Dade has released its testing calendar. In the upcoming board meeting on SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, they will be asking for approval of this testing calendar. dadeschools.net/schoolboard/agenda.asp C-1 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE TESTING CALENDAR FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR RECOMMENDED: That The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, approve the Miami-Dade County Public Schools 2014-2015 Testing Calendar. We need parents and teachers to speak out at the next board meeting and ask for the following I would urge our board to do 3 things: 1) to put forth a district resolution to pause all test-based teacher evaluations (as per the new recommendation from the DOE) so as to provide a proper timeline (our teachers have not had the proper preparation and time to research and implement properly).. Not to mention teachers pay is based on this baseline/calibration test and they are expecting a high failure rate. 2) To not approve this current testing schedule and to look for alternative forms of teacher developed assessments that truly allow for relevant and timely feedback to teachers, kids and parents. 3) To show documentation that our district has the infrastructure necessary to implement any tests this coming Spring. If they are not ready, they we should not be putting forth a district testing calendar based on a we hope we will be ready scenario.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:34:21 +0000
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