Read CAPE Members' latest Letters to the Editor

in the Register Guard

Opinion by Roscoe Caron

Teachers, not testers, should control the classroom

https://www.registerguard.com/opinion/20190118/teachers-not-testers-should-control-classroom

Opinion by Bob Cassidy

Oregon is doing well with voting, but we can all do better

https://www.registerguard.com/opinion/20190108/oregon-is-doing-well-with-voting-but-we-can-all-do-better

Read CAPE's latest Democracy in Education column 

in the Eugene Weekly

https://www.eugeneweekly.com/2019/01/10/can-children-be-too-young-to-test/

War on Parent's Right to Opt Out ?

Portland Public Schools is not the only district that is making opting-out more difficult. This appears to be a trend across the state that includes: no longer mailing out notices, no longer having forms available in front offices, refusing to give forms to students, mandating SBAC for TAG identification, increasing pressure on teachers, etc.

Take 30 seconds to help send a message that this is not acceptable.

Click Here to write letter

             War on Parents' Right to Opt Out

is underway in many Oregon districts, perhaps none as egregious and borderline illegal as in Portland. The ODE seems hellbent on increasing SBAC testing (with pilot schools trying out using SBAC formative tests through the year), introducing SBAC science tests (as outlined in the new education budget) and... well, read this memo from a Portland district official to high school administrators...

     District to schools: Hide opt-out forms! Nuance the messaging! Hit quota!

Check out CAPE member Larry Lewin's recent letter to the Register-Guard 

on classroom disruptions in local schools 

and the need to self-examine internal school policies and practices.

   Schools can’t control all factors influencing violence

https://www.registerguard.com/opinion/20181209/schools-cant-control-all-factors-influencing-violence

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Joint Interim Committee on Student Success Hearing

Hear the work group recommendations for the Joint Interim Committee on Student Success: Thursday, November 8 at 9:00 am in Hearing Room F.

This is also the last time to submit written comments to the Committee: Email: jcss.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov

Tell them to move away from the failed corporate "reform" standardized testing-based model of education. It has caused so much damage to students, teachers and families and has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017I1/Downloads/CommitteeAgenda/JCSS/2018-11-08-09-00?guid=785fa4aa-0568-163b-e054-02082091f14b&fbclid=IwAR2ZZrsu9JZQpJu6TmMQWYZ8uIVVA6GjH4uaC9k7sFY7vujCrBB64CPqL74

Mr. Rogers would be sad...

"Lost in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood": CAPE's Eugene Weekly column addresses the ever-increasing testing of little children.