With WEA’s consistent advocacy to support de-linking state testing as a requirement for students to earn a high school diploma, the Legislature passed HB 1599 in 2019. This bill de-linked the Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) as...
Speaking to the State Board of Education, WEA union member and Mukilteo teacher Sobia Sheikh recently gave a stinging rebuke of the state’s testing laws and other fundamental inequities that hurt Washington’s students of color...
In one of OSPI's first significant announcements about the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation, we now have the new list of our state's schools that need the most support to succeed (click the...