Re: Parents key in achievement-gap crusade

[Sean Obrien <sobrien@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>]

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Peter,
I seriously doubt that they would publicly denounce high stakes
testing...Eastman Kodak is one of the main corporations to help found
Achieve Inc.
Mary



> In today's Seattle Times...
>
> I wonder if any of these orgs can be convinced to take a position against
> high stakes testing, etc...
>


> From: Peter Farruggio <pfarr@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU>
> Reply-To: Assessment Reform Network Mailing List <ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:18:02 -0700
> To: ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU
> Subject: Parents key in achievement-gap crusade
>
> The "Success in School Equals Success in
> Life" campaign was developed, in
> part, because black and Latino students
> have scored lower on national math
> tests than white students for the past
> decade, according to a recent study.
>
> The three-year campaign, sponsored by the
> People for the American Way
> Foundation, the National Association for
> the Advancement of Colored
> People (NAACP), Eastman Kodak and The
> Advertising Council, will focus
> on activities designed to mobilize
> parents and communities to strengthen their
> public schools.

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