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BCTF Assault On Student Testing Out-Of-Step With Most B.C. Parents

The BCTF, the union representing all public-school teachers in British Columbia, is pushing a fringe view, which is out-of-step with the overwhelming majority of parents—that is, it’s calling for an end to B.C.’s provincewide testing of elementary school students (the Foundation Skills Assessments of FSA) in grades four and seven.