Education professor Jason Fitzgerald is hosting an event with an educational activist, Melissa Katz, who is on the front lines of the fight against high-stakes standardized testing in schools. Her blog explores the ways in which high-stakes testing is being unethically used in schools to rank students and teachers. In addition to her blog, she is also involved in community organizing and has provided expert testimony to the New Jersey Board of Education regarding the topic. Katz has been invited to speak about her experiences as an educational activist and the ways in which the pro-testing movement has evolved in schools today, providing an example of civic engagement in education and an overview of a topic that has increasingly impacted students for more than a decade.
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