z45\doc\web\2000\08\hochwasl.txt


Hochstatter finally jumps on the WASL bandwagon, where the
heck is Carlson and other GOP on this??


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew J. Poeske [mailto:mjpoeske@uswest.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 6:00 AM
To: Matthew Poeske 3
Subject: 47th E-Bulletin - Hochstatter Faults Governor, SPI WASL Failure




Dear "Fighting 47th" --


Here's the latest from the Hochstatter for Governor
Campaign.  Thanks to Marda Kirkwood!  Remember Arthur Hu for
SPI!!!  Contact and support Arthur:  http://www.hu4spi.com


Matthew Poeske
47th E-Mail Guru




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2000
CONTACT: Cyndi O'Brien-Dutton/253-941-2755


HOCHSTATTER FAULTS GOVERNOR, SPI FOR WASL FAILURE


Federal Way-State Senator Harold Hochstatter, Republican
candidate for governor, today chastised Gov. Locke and
Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson for
defending failed education policies, including the
Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The
mathematics portion of the 4th grade test has recently come
under fire
for failing to accurately assess student capability or
achievement.


"I fully believe in school accountability and want to
guarantee each new generation of young Americans the
education they need and deserve," said Hochstatter, R-Moses
Lake. "However, when teachers administrators, parents, and
even students themselves tell me that this test is a
failure, I think we should take a step back to make certain
we aren't doing more harm than
good."


"Gary Locke, on the other hand, must know something I
don't," continued Hochstatter. "Not only is he discarding
the evidence against the WASL, not only is he moving full
steam ahead to make the WASL a graduation requirement, not
only does he want to link school funding to performance on
this test, but he won't even admit that the test has
problems and needs to be fixed."


Locke and Bergeson have both been active participants in
what Hochstatter has called "the federalization of
education." Today, federal education dollars account for
just seven percent of Washington school funding, but
generate more than half of the paperwork and red tape with
which teachers must comply, depriving educators and students
of valuable time that could better be spent on classroom
preparation and individual instruction.


"Goals 2000 is a failed policy that Locke and Bergeson
continue to endorse," Hochstatter said. "The WASL is a
failed test that Locke and Bergeson continue to endorse and
refuse to fix. Point by point, they have sold our schools
and the education of our children to the highest bidder, to
special interests and the bureaucrats in Washington, DC."


"After four years of Gary Locke in the governor's mansion,
can anyone really say that our schools are better off?"
asked Hochstatter. "The fact is, our schools aren't better
off, our classrooms aren't better off, our teachers aren't
better off, and the future our children face will darken
unless we take our schools back from Locke, Bergeson, and
their special interest friends."


"As governor, I will sign legislation that returns
Washington to proven, objective, and fair student testing,"
concluded Hochstatter. "I will return control of our schools
to local school officials, teachers, and parents.  Our
children's education is too important to entrust with
someone who has shown over and over again that he just
doesn't care, someone like Gary
Locke. It's time to Take Back Washington!"


For more information, contact the Hochstatter campaign at
(253) 941-2755,
or visit our website at www.takebackwashington.com.
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