{"id":21147,"date":"2013-01-16T15:14:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/news\/item\/13950-movement-to-end-high-stakes-testing-steps-up-in-seattle"},"modified":"2013-01-16T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T14:14:58","slug":"movement-to-end-high-stakes-testing-steps-up-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/movement-to-end-high-stakes-testing-steps-up-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"wf_caption c9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c7\" alt=\"Standardized test form\" src=\"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/images\/2013_0116test_.jpg\" height=\"347\" width=\"306\"\/><span class=\"c8\">(Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F40964293%40N07%2F7674804806%2F\" >biologycorner<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><em>Teachers at two Seattle high schools violate district policy and their union contracts by refusing to administer a mandatory test. And signs abound that teachers around the nation are ready to stand up, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Forty-five minutes after school let out Thursday afternoon, 19 teachers at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FSeattle\" >Seattle<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FGarfield%2BHigh%2BSchool\" >Garfield High School<\/a> worked their way to the front of an already-crowded classroom, then turned, leaned their backs against the wall of whiteboards, and fired the first salvo of open defiance against high-stakes standardized testing in <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FUnited%2BStates\" >America<\/a>&#8216;s public schools.<\/p>\n<p>To a room full of TV cameras, reporters, students, and colleagues, the teachers announced their refusal to administer a standardized test that ninth-graders across the district are mandated to take in the first part of January. Known as the MAP test\u2013for Measures of Academic Progress\u2013it is intended to evaluate student progress and skill in reading and math.<\/p>\n<p>First one teacher, then another, and then more stepped forward to charge that the test wastes time, money, and dwindling school resources. It is also used to evaluate teacher quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teachers have come together and agreed that the MAP test is not good for our students, nor is it an appropriate or useful tool in measuring progress,\u201d said Kris McBride, academic dean and testing coordinator at Garfield High. \u201cAdditionally, students don\u2019t take it seriously. It produces specious results and wreaks havoc on limited school resources during the weeks and weeks the test is administered.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Garfield\u2019s civil yet disobedient faculty appears to be the first group of teachers nationally to defy district edicts concerning a standardized test, but the backlash against high-stakes testing has been percolating in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The New York State Principals association recently issued <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorkprincipals.org%2F\" >a scathing letter<\/a>, nearly four pages of \u201cunintended negative consequences\u201d it claims such tests foment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FMaryland\" >Maryland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FMontgomery%2BCounty\" >Montgomery County<\/a> Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr has called for a three-year moratorium on standardized testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In north <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FTexas\" >Texas<\/a> last year, superintendents of several high-performing school districts signed a letter to state officials and lawmakers saying high-stakes standardized testing is \u201cstrangling our public schools.\u201d As of Jan. 8, 880 districts that educate more than 4.4 million Texas students have adopted a resolution opposing these tests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis high-stakes testing\u2013there <em>needs<\/em> to be a moratorium on it because it\u2019s out of control,\u201d says Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FRockville%2BCentre\" >Rockville Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FLong%2BIsland\" >Long Island<\/a>, N.Y. \u201cNone of these tests really have anything to do with curriculum. Maybe they have a little bit to do with math. But that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Burris co-authored the letter for the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FNew%2BYork\" >New York State<\/a> principals. On Dec. 31, she started a petition in New York opposing high-stakes testing. In 10 days, she says, 5,500 administrators, teachers, and parents have signed it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cParents are stressed. Teachers are stressed. Kids are stressed by these tests more than parents,\u201d Burris says. \u201cAnd when you tie teachers\u2019 evaluations to these tests, the teachers end up focusing their lessons on the tests. And that\u2019s starting to destroy elementary education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Montgomery County Public Schools, America\u2019s 17th largest district, Dr. Starr says the conflicting demands of the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FNo%2BChild%2BLeft%2BBehind\" >No Child Left Behind Act<\/a> and the emerging Common Core State Standards Initiative (sanctioned by 46 states and the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FWashington%252c%2BDC\" >District of Columbia<\/a>) are overwhelming districts, teachers, and resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not because I\u2019m opposed to all standardized testing. Standardized tests do have a place,\u201d he says. \u201cBut more and more folks are starting to recognize these standardized tests are not designed to do what we\u2019re being asked to do with them. They\u2019re a very narrow measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starr says many standardized tests detract from teachers\u2019 ability to prepare students effectively: \u201cThis isn\u2019t about saying, \u2018Do away with all standardized testing.\u2019 It\u2019s about saying, \u2018Do away with tests that are not aligned with what kids will actually need to do in the 21st century.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starr\u2019s words could well have been uttered here at Garfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 26 years of teaching,\u201d says Kit McCormick, who teaches English, \u201cthis is the first time I\u2019ve said, \u2018I\u2019m not giving this test.\u2019 It\u2019s not that I think my ninth-graders should not be tested. I want my ninth-graders to be tested. I teach to the Common Core standards, and I am happy to teach those standards. Bottom line is: The test is not useful to my students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. McBride, the academic dean, said Garfield teachers \u201chave a myriad of reasons for not administering the MAP test,\u201d including \u201cno evidence\u201d the test is aligned with state and local curriculum, that it\u2019s \u201cfilled with things that aren\u2019t a part of the curriculum at all,\u201d and that the district uses student test scores to grade teachers, even though the company that markets the test says it should not be used to assess teacher effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really think our teachers are making the right decision,\u201d said student body president Obadiah Stephens-Terry. \u201cI know when I took the test, it didn\u2019t seem relevant to what we were studying in class \u2014 and we have great classes here at Garfield. I know students who just go through the motions when taking the test, just did it as quickly as possible so they could do something more useful with their time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When someone asked the teachers if they were worried about what lessons students might take away from their collective defiance of the district, Mario Shauvette, chairman of the math department, stepped forward. \u201cI\u2019m teaching by example,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I don\u2019t step up now, who will? I\u2019m taking charge of what I do here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 25 teachers from Ballard High School, in northwest Seattle, signed a letter in support of the Garfield staff, listing many of the same complaints and saying they \u201csupport statements and actions of our colleagues at Garfield High School surrounding the MAP test. Specifically, the MAP test program throughout Seattle Public Schools ought to be shut down immediately. It has been and continues to be an embarrassing mistake. Continuing it even another day, let alone another month or year or decade, will not turn this sow\u2019s ear into a silk purse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Seattle Public Schools noted that they agreed in November to look closer at all standardized testing policies, including the MAP test, and to report back to the school board this spring. \u201cAs part of this process, we will be inviting teachers and principals to attend meetings to discuss MAP testing,\u201d says Lesley Rogers, the district\u2019s communications officer. \u201cWe believe this is the appropriate venue to share concerns and to have an in-depth and productive discussion about the test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime,\u201d she adds, \u201cwe expect our classroom teachers to fulfill their responsibilities and obligations to administer this test. If a teacher chooses not to administer the MAP test, we will evaluate the situation on a case-by-case basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teachers know they\u2019re violating district policy, as well as their union contract. They realize consequences could be severe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the people down at district headquarters are wise people, good people,\u201d said history teacher Jesse Hagopian. \u201cWe all want what\u2019s best for our students, and the faculty here is confident we can work together and come up with ways of evaluating our kids that are a lot more effective than this test.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Standardized test form\" src=\"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/images\/2013_0116test_.jpg\" height=\"347\" width=\"306\"\/><span>(Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F40964293%40N07%2F7674804806%2F\" target=\"_blank\">biologycorner<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><em>Teachers at two Seattle high schools violate district policy and their union contracts by refusing to administer a mandatory test. And signs abound that teachers around the nation are ready to stand up, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Forty-five minutes after school let out Thursday afternoon, 19 teachers at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FSeattle\" target=\"_self\">Seattle<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FGarfield%2BHigh%2BSchool\" target=\"_self\">Garfield High School<\/a> worked their way to the front of an already-crowded classroom, then turned, leaned their backs against the wall of whiteboards, and fired the first salvo of open defiance against high-stakes standardized testing in <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FUnited%2BStates\" target=\"_self\">America<\/a>&#8216;s public schools.<\/p>\n<p>To a room full of TV cameras, reporters, students, and colleagues, the teachers announced their refusal to administer a standardized test that ninth-graders across the district are mandated to take in the first part of January. Known as the MAP test&mdash;for Measures of Academic Progress&mdash;it is intended to evaluate student progress and skill in reading and math.<\/p>\n<p>First one teacher, then another, and then more stepped forward to charge that the test wastes time, money, and dwindling school resources. It is also used to evaluate teacher quality.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our teachers have come together and agreed that the MAP test is not good for our students, nor is it an appropriate or useful tool in measuring progress,&rdquo; said Kris McBride, academic dean and testing coordinator at Garfield High. &ldquo;Additionally, students don&rsquo;t take it seriously. It produces specious results and wreaks havoc on limited school resources during the weeks and weeks the test is administered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Garfield&rsquo;s civil yet disobedient faculty appears to be the first group of teachers nationally to defy district edicts concerning a standardized test, but the backlash against high-stakes testing has been percolating in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The New York State Principals association recently issued <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorkprincipals.org%2F\" target=\"_blank\">a scathing letter<\/a>, nearly four pages of &ldquo;unintended negative consequences&rdquo; it claims such tests foment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FMaryland\" target=\"_self\">Maryland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FMontgomery%2BCounty\" target=\"_self\">Montgomery County<\/a> Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr has called for a three-year moratorium on standardized testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In north <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FTexas\" target=\"_self\">Texas<\/a> last year, superintendents of several high-performing school districts signed a letter to state officials and lawmakers saying high-stakes standardized testing is &ldquo;strangling our public schools.&rdquo; As of Jan. 8, 880 districts that educate more than 4.4 million Texas students have adopted a resolution opposing these tests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This high-stakes testing&mdash;there <em>needs<\/em> to be a moratorium on it because it&rsquo;s out of control,&rdquo; says Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FRockville%2BCentre\" target=\"_self\">Rockville Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FLong%2BIsland\" target=\"_self\">Long Island<\/a>, N.Y. &ldquo;None of these tests really have anything to do with curriculum. Maybe they have a little bit to do with math. But that&rsquo;s it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Burris co-authored the letter for the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FNew%2BYork\" target=\"_self\">New York State<\/a> principals. On Dec. 31, she started a petition in New York opposing high-stakes testing. In 10 days, she says, 5,500 administrators, teachers, and parents have signed it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Parents are stressed. Teachers are stressed. Kids are stressed by these tests more than parents,&rdquo; Burris says. &ldquo;And when you tie teachers&rsquo; evaluations to these tests, the teachers end up focusing their lessons on the tests. And that&rsquo;s starting to destroy elementary education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At Montgomery County Public Schools, America&rsquo;s 17th largest district, Dr. Starr says the conflicting demands of the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FNo%2BChild%2BLeft%2BBehind\" target=\"_self\">No Child Left Behind Act<\/a> and the emerging Common Core State Standards Initiative (sanctioned by 46 states and the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Ftags%2Ftopic%2FWashington%252c%2BDC\" target=\"_self\">District of Columbia<\/a>) are overwhelming districts, teachers, and resources.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not because I&rsquo;m opposed to all standardized testing. Standardized tests do have a place,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;But more and more folks are starting to recognize these standardized tests are not designed to do what we&rsquo;re being asked to do with them. They&rsquo;re a very narrow measure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Starr says many standardized tests detract from teachers&rsquo; ability to prepare students effectively: &ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t about saying, &lsquo;Do away with all standardized testing.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s about saying, &lsquo;Do away with tests that are not aligned with what kids will actually need to do in the 21st century.&rsquo; &rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Starr&rsquo;s words could well have been uttered here at Garfield.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 26 years of teaching,&rdquo; says Kit McCormick, who teaches English, &ldquo;this is the first time I&rsquo;ve said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m not giving this test.&rsquo; It&rsquo;s not that I think my ninth-graders should not be tested. I want my ninth-graders to be tested. I teach to the Common Core standards, and I am happy to teach those standards. Bottom line is: The test is not useful to my students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ms. McBride, the academic dean, said Garfield teachers &ldquo;have a myriad of reasons for not administering the MAP test,&rdquo; including &ldquo;no evidence&rdquo; the test is aligned with state and local curriculum, that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;filled with things that aren&rsquo;t a part of the curriculum at all,&rdquo; and that the district uses student test scores to grade teachers, even though the company that markets the test says it should not be used to assess teacher effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We really think our teachers are making the right decision,&rdquo; said student body president Obadiah Stephens-Terry. &ldquo;I know when I took the test, it didn&rsquo;t seem relevant to what we were studying in class &ndash; and we have great classes here at Garfield. I know students who just go through the motions when taking the test, just did it as quickly as possible so they could do something more useful with their time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When someone asked the teachers if they were worried about what lessons students might take away from their collective defiance of the district, Mario Shauvette, chairman of the math department, stepped forward. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m teaching by example,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If I don&rsquo;t step up now, who will? I&rsquo;m taking charge of what I do here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 25 teachers from Ballard High School, in northwest Seattle, signed a letter in support of the Garfield staff, listing many of the same complaints and saying they &ldquo;support statements and actions of our colleagues at Garfield High School surrounding the MAP test. Specifically, the MAP test program throughout Seattle Public Schools ought to be shut down immediately. It has been and continues to be an embarrassing mistake. Continuing it even another day, let alone another month or year or decade, will not turn this sow&rsquo;s ear into a silk purse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Seattle Public Schools noted that they agreed in November to look closer at all standardized testing policies, including the MAP test, and to report back to the school board this spring. &ldquo;As part of this process, we will be inviting teachers and principals to attend meetings to discuss MAP testing,&rdquo; says Lesley Rogers, the district&rsquo;s communications officer. &ldquo;We believe this is the appropriate venue to share concerns and to have an in-depth and productive discussion about the test.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the meantime,&rdquo; she adds, &ldquo;we expect our classroom teachers to fulfill their responsibilities and obligations to administer this test. If a teacher chooses not to administer the MAP test, we will evaluate the situation on a case-by-case basis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The teachers know they&rsquo;re violating district policy, as well as their union contract. They realize consequences could be severe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the people down at district headquarters are wise people, good people,&rdquo; said history teacher Jesse Hagopian. &ldquo;We all want what&rsquo;s best for our students, and the faculty here is confident we can work together and come up with ways of evaluating our kids that are a lot more effective than this test.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}