By Catherine Gewertz | Education Week A Colorado teacher has announced that she will not give her state-mandated test—the PARCC assessment—this spring because testing and test-preparation now consume too much of her teaching time. "I have watched the testing increase over my 18 years of teaching in the public schools," Peggy Robertson, an elementary-level literacy coach in the Aurora school district, wrote in a blog post on Sunday. "I have watched what it has done to my ability to meet children's needs and to allow children the opportunities to engage in learning that is authentic—learning that furthers the purpose of these children's - Read More |