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What You Need to Know About the Seattle Teachers' Rebellion and the Deeply Flawed Test That Inspired It | Sara Joffe @ Alternet

The Seattle teachers’ decision to refuse the test comes amid a growing backlash against standardized testing and other forms of education “reform” that come at the expense of educators’ freedom and judgment. “All over the country, parents, teachers, superintendents, lawyers and university folks have been signing petitions and publishing articles about the grotesque misuse of high-stakes testing with little traction, in part because President Obama and [education secretary Arne] Duncan have really endorsed the overuse of high-stakes testing on students, on teachers and on schools,” Fine said.