Ask Mrs. Obama for her Support to End the Use of High-Stakes Standardized Tests!
As part of the Rethink Learning Now network, CES has joined Time Out from Testing and many other organizations nationwide to ask Mrs. Michelle Obama for her support to end the use of high-stakes standardized tests.
While on the campaign trail, Mrs. Obama said, "No Child Left Behind is strangling the life out of most schools. If my future were determined by my performance on a standardized test I wouldn't be here. I guarantee that."
We agree, and if you do too, please join the campaign to send a postcard with the following text (or a variation of your choice) to Mrs. Obama on May 28.
Dear Mrs. Obama:
We want the same high-quality education for our public school children that you provide for Malia and Sasha.
Children are not test scores.
Encourage the President to end the use of high-stakes standardized tests!
Sincerely,
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Address
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Mail to:
First Lady Michelle Obama
White House
Washington DC
Ask your friends, family, students, and co-workers to do the same! The campaign aims to deliver at least 50,000 postcards at the end of May to the White House. Five minutes of effort on your part can link you to this collective action and assure a powerful impact that will generate attention and focus to the cause of creating national, state, and local education policies that assure educationally meaningful assessment practices.
Get your schools and communities involved! Visit Time Out from Testing's website for more information on the campaign and excellent suggestions for generating hundreds and thousands of postcards from your communities. Please join this campaign! The CES network can help make the difference.
