We are opting our first grade son out of the MAP test—here’s our letter explaining why

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Very important information for all parents and grandparents of school-age children.

I AM AN EDUCATOR

The infamous MAP test is set to be administered in my son’s school this week. The MAP test is a computerized test meant to measure students in math and reading. Seattle Public Schools initially required MAP kindergarten through high school, with multiple testing periods per year. In 2013, Garfield High School launched a boycott of the MAP test and numerous schools joined in refusing to administer the test. By the end of the year the district announced that it would  no longer requiring the MAP test at the high school level. Since then, the increasing pressure of the opt out movement and scrutiny on the role of high stakes testing in our education system have continued to reduce the use of the MAP test in the Seattle Public Schools.

The opt out movement has pointed out that the MAP test consumes too much class time, monopolizes computers and shuts…

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