Re: Wisconsin teacher boycotts standardized test

[aburke5054@aol.com]

Did he offer to reimburse the taxpayers for the time that he was being 
paid for but not doing the work he was assigned?

His conscience didn't do that far, did it?

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: George Sheridan <learn@jps.net>
To: arn-l@interversity.org
Sent: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 7:18 am
Subject: [arn-l] Wisconsin teacher boycotts standardized test


Wisconsin teacher boycotts standardized test.

The Associated Press (11/2) reports that "Wisconsin eighth-grade 
teacher David
Wasserman "sat in the teachers' lounge Tuesday, leaving his colleagues 
to
oversee
the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam," which is used to determine 
whether
schools are making adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left 
Behind Act.
Wasserman, "Like many teachers...said he believes the test is a poor 
way to
measure student progress, takes up too much class time and is used 
unfairly to
punish schools." He had planned to refuse to participate in all five 
days of
testing, but relented on Thursday when warned that he would be fired if 
his
protest continued. On Thursday, he sat at his desk during testing but 
was
allowed
to ask other teachers to "oversee the test for his 30 eighth-grade 
students."
Wasserman claims that he has been "bombarded with phone calls and e-mail
messages," and that "some critics have falsely accused him of not 
caring about
his students but that the vast majority of messages have been 
supportive."

Wasserman "learned Thursday he will be disciplined for his actions," 
according
to
the AP. Wasserman "said district officials told him he will get a 
letter of
reprimand in his personnel file for insubordination. And they warned he 
would be
fired if he carried out another protest." Wasserman says that he has 
agreed to
end his protest primarily because he cannot jeopardize his family's 
health
insurance coverage.

George Sheridan






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