MAP Testing

Tom James

Tom James Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Seattle schools superintendent José Banda announced a mixed bag of decisions about MAP, the Measures of Academic Progress testing standard which was at the center of a controversy early this year when it was boycotted by a group of Garfield teachers. For one thing, Seattle high schools will now have</p></h2>
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            <p>Seattle schools superintendent José Banda announced a mixed bag of decisions about MAP, the Measures of Academic Progress testing standard which was at the center of a controversy early this year when it was boycotted by a group of Garfield teachers. For one thing, Seattle high schools will now have the option to opt out of MAP testing. Other announcements: MAP tests need only be administered twice a year (a third yearly test would be optional), a recommendation that schools use other assessment methods besides MAP to monitor student progress, and a statement of intention to recommend a new test for the 2014/2015 school year.</p>
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Seattle schools superintendent José Banda announced a mixed bag of decisions about MAP, the Measures of Academic Progress testing standard which was at the center of a controversy early this year when it was boycotted by a group of Garfield teachers. For one thing, Seattle high schools will now have the option to opt out of MAP testing. Other announcements: MAP tests need only be administered twice a year (a third yearly test would be optional), a recommendation that schools use other assessment methods besides MAP to monitor student progress, and a statement of intention to recommend a new test for the 2014/2015 school year.

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By Tom James

Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na