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lawsuit
by Kathleen
Nov 8, 2016
Third year and still did not pass. I have received the Distinguished Educator 2/3 years but did not communicate my teaching to NBCT, yeah right. I worked with a grader for NBPTS in my cohort the first year and I wasn't on their radar for not passing but was never able to make up the lost points. What steps can we do to make this right?
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Martin I recommend contacting your state's bar association to begin the process of finding a lawyer or firm that has had prior dealings with the NBPTS. Please consider posting the results here.

I've been researching just this issue and I'm finding teachers all over the country who are claiming that the NBPTS will not allow applicants to examine ...See More
Nov 11, 2016
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SM I would like to know more about this to apply for this class l law suit. If we come as a class, it will be strong and we might g get good results.

On 11/11/16, Martin wrote: > I recommend contacting your state's bar association to > begin the process of finding a lawyer or firm that has had > prior dealings with the NBPTS. Please ...See More
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SM On 11/11/16, Martin wrote: > I recommend contacting your state's bar association to > begin the process of finding a lawyer or firm that has had > prior dealings with the NBPTS. Please consider posting the > results here. > > I've been researching just this issue and I'm finding > teachers all over the country who are claiming ...See More
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lkelly46@sbcglobal.net Hi Martin,

You mention research you've done about the NBPTS scoring system being neither consistent nor fair. Could you please share that research - or give us a link to it so we could all see it?

Thanks!

Kelly M [email removed]

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AS On 11/08/16, Kathleen wrote: > Third year and still did not pass. I have received the > Distinguished Educator 2/3 years but did not communicate my > teaching to NBCT, yeah right. I worked with a grader for > NBPTS in my cohort the first year and I wasn't on their > radar for not passing but was never able to make up the > lost po...See More
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