Despite the growing numbers of completed assessments, pockets of parents have decided to «opt out,» refusing to allow their children to participate in mandated state tests. (ascd.org)
In a generally well - meaning effort to impose «accountability,» some policymakers have attempted to regulate school choice programs as they regulate district schools, including by mandating state tests. (educationnext.org)
From the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, we opted out of mandated state testing for our two children. (edweek.org)