Welcome to the CURE Home Page
Last Updated May 10, 2008
Last Updated May 10, 2008
CURE promotes academic excellence for children of the Pacific Northwest, by researching educational issues, such as Career Pathways (School-to-Work), No Child Left Behind, K–12 tax credits, Certificate of Academic Achievement, Certificate of Initial Achievement (formerly COM-Certificate of Mastery), Performance Based Education (formerly OBE-Outcome Based Education), and Assessments.
- Seattle Teacher, Carl Chew, Refuses to Give WASL
- Mr. Chew's press release and CURE's commentary
- Math Wars Video
- See the math video developed by the organization, "Where's the Math."
This is a group of Washington parents concerned about math education in
our state.
- Brave New Daycare,
a new brochure alerting families to the hidden drawbacks of the state's
new early learning policies. This is a viewer friendly version. If you
would like a brochure-formatted version, please contact us at cure@curewashington.org.
- Legislative Information Keep up to date with the latest legislative information.
- WASL Quagmire Continues Read CURE's response
to the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP). The 2006
Legislature directed the WSIPP, under Senate Bill 6618, to "conduct a
study to explore options to augment the current system of
assessments..." The bill directed the Institute to consult with a broad
range of groups, and CURE was among the participating groups.
Why the WASL is so AWFUL! A Must Read! This is the 2006 update (viewer friendly version) to our previous brochure. If you would like a brochure-formatted version, please contact us at cure@curewashington.org.
- CURE Ideal Education Platform - A non-partisan
platform. All political parties are welcome to use this platform or
parts of the platform, to develop their party's position on education.
- WASL writing: Make it up as they go along (Seattle Times) (Link will take you to the article on the Seattle Times' website.)
- EDITORIAL: WASL Truth be known (Seattle Times) (Link will take you to the article on the Seattle Times' website.)
- "Little Manchurian Candidates" - Article by Matt James, deploring the way reading is taught in many American schools.
- "Why I Opppose the WASL as a Graduation Requirement", a commentary by State Senator Craig Pridemore.
- Fourth Grader Suspended For Not Answering A WASL Question (KOMOTV) (Link will take you to the article on the KOMOTV.com website.)
- "Fourth Grader Suspended for Failure to Finish WASL" Press release related to article above.
- "Scoring of OPT/WASL Educational Assessments" - How are subjective assessments like the WASL scored? A scorer for a WASL-type assessment discusses his experiences.
- Education: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory - a comprehensive overview of education reform by Marda Kirkwood
- A letter to President Warren Smith and Members of the State Board of Education
- Sample WASL OPT OUT form for parents.