The B.C. Principals and Vice Principals Association (BCPVPA) has taken a stand against Foundation Skills Assessment.
"As suggested by some in government it is time for the FSA to be replaced with another standardized measure that does not have the political baggage or rhetoric around it," BCPVPA president Jameel Aziz said in a statement issued Wednesday.
A second look is needed, Aziz said, because three "unfortunate circumstances" have made the FSAs:The "misuse of the data" by the Fraser Institute to rank schools, the B.C. Teachers Federation's has "successfully undermined" the tests to the point where participation is less than half in some school districts, and an "understandable lack of effort many students put into the tests."
"These three circumstances have created a problem: the FSA as the chosen standardized testing measure is no longer able to do what it was designed to do," Aziz said.
