- California Teachers Association

Posted December 14, 2011 in Site Pages

CTA responds to a controversial series of articles promoting the use of student test scores to measure an individual teacher's effectiveness.

Posted December 14, 2011 in Site Pages

Fact Sheet: Standardized Testing

Teachers, parents and standardized testing: get the facts

Related Tags:Testing, Parents,

Posted December 14, 2011 in Site Pages

Standardized Testing: How to Help Your Child Succeed

Parents play a vital role in helping their children to succeed on standardized tests. You can help make your child's test-taking experience a successful one.

Related Tags:Testing, Accountability, Family, Child, Parents,

Posted May 31, 2009 in California Educator

2nd-grade testing ban reconsideration

CTA and opponents of developmentally inappropriate testing that harms young children and jeopardizes their instructional time suffered a temporary setback in the Senate Education Committee last month...

Posted March 01, 2009 in California Educator

CTA sponsors bill to stop needless, costly second-grade testing

The California Teachers Association is sponsoring newly introduced legislation — SB 800 authored by Sen. Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) — that would bring...

Posted December 14, 2011 in Site Pages

Ongoing Issues

Learn about class size reduction, human rights, special education, and testing and standards.

Posted February 27, 2009 in Press Releases

CTA and Senator Loni Hancock Introduce Legislation Today to Halt Needless, Costly Testing of Second Graders

SACRAMENTO – Committed to protecting second grade students from the unnecessary and costly high stakes testing that they are put through each year and aligning the testing...

Related Tags:ESEA-NCLB, Funding, Testing, Legislation,

Posted March 03, 2013 in the News

Standardized testing becomes the great divide in schools policy

In Texas, more than 10,000 people joined a recent rally to protest it. In Seattle, high school teachers launched a boycott over it. And in Los Angeles,

Related Tags:In The News, Education, Education, Reform, Student, Teacher,

Posted April 30, 2009 in California Educator

Hearing set to end 2nd-grade testing

At press time, the state Senate's Education Committee was scheduled to have a first hearing for a CTA-sponsored measure that would end California's unnecessary and costly practice of subjecting...

Posted February 08, 2013 in the News

School testing a national shame; boycott it

It is the 10-year anniversary of No Child Left Behind. I’m reminded of the Gettysburg battle photo. “Rich man’s war – poor man’s fight” was the

Related Tags:In The News, Education, ESEA-NCLB, Reform, Student, Teacher,

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