Sentences with phrase «to opt one's children out of standardized testing»

Across the nation, tens of thousands of parents opted their children out of standardized tests in 2014, and this year, many more have or will do so.

Parents are opting their children out of standardized tests in increasing numbers.

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The state's education commissioner says parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams, because they will be different than last year's tests.

Don't let them fool you: You can and should consider opting your child out of standardized testing frenzy (A powerful commentary piece by Wendy Lecker on the rights of parents when it comes to the Connecticut Mastery Test and the new Common Core Smarter Balanced Field Test).

The state's education commissioner said parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams because they will be different than last year's tests.

We also support enabling parents to opt their children out of standardized tests without penalty for either the student or their school.»

New laws requiring that teacher evaluations be based partly on student test scores further stoked anxieties, and a growing number of parents, balking at what they view as an oppressive testing culture, have opted their children out of standardized tests altogether.

Dissatisfaction with standardized testing is growing in all quarters, and even The New York Times has now recognized that parents choosing to opt their children out of standardized tests come from a variety of backgrounds.

Parents at Castle Bridge Elementary School in New York City overwhelmingly opted their children out of a standardized test that ultimately had to be canceled due to the lack of participation.

I never thought I would support opting out, but if nothing else is getting through to the politicians and we can't replace enough of them, then I support parents who opt their children out of the standardized tests.

Rather than protect the rights of parents and local schools districts, elected and appointed officials are inappropriately using their positions to mislead, lie and scare parents and teachers into believing that parents DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to opt their children out of the standardized testing fiasco that the Governor, Commissioner and legislature have created.

Testing has such a negative connotation that in New York City alone this year, nearly 2,000 families formally opted their children out of standardized tests.

Don't let them fool you: You can and should consider opting your child out of standardized testing frenzy

New York State's education commissioner said parents who are thinking of opting their children out of standardized tests again this school year should stick with the exams, because they will be different than last year's tests, but the state's teacher's union and a parents group said the changes don't go far enough.

The Quinnipiac poll also showed that voters are evenly split when it comes to parents opting their children out of standardized tests.

That includes Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa, who has said she would opt her children out of standardized tests and was among the first to issue a statement condemning Paladino for his remarks.

For their platform, party insiders voted to «support enabling parents to opt their children out of standardized tests.»

As promised last week, we continue the discussion over education policy and whether parents should opt their children out of standardized testing.

They provide support and information to parents wishing to opt their children out of standardized testing and promote awareness of the effects of high - stakes testing.

Parents who have opted their children out of standardized tests are also confused and concerned because the new promotion policy just swapped one high - stakes test (the SAT - 10), for another (NWEA), making opting out more difficult.

Sixty - four percent of the American public say there is «too much emphasis on testing» and 41 percent say parents hsould be able to opt their children out of standardized testing.

The District will ensure schools parents of the option to opt their child out of any standardized testing.

The District will post an opt - out form online for parents to opt their child out of any standardized testing.

Still showing outward public collaboration with the Gates Foundation, funder of ill - conceived high stakes testing and teacher evaluation policies, continued to prompt parents to opt their children out of standardized tests and by this time, the punitive practices imbued by these policies have sent invaluable educators leaving the profession or fighting for MORE.

As more and more parents choose to opt their children out of standardized tests, some educators and teachers» union representatives have been speculating about how all those missing scores might impact teacher - evaluation outcomes that are based on test results.

Under federal law, parents and guardians have the right to opt their child out of standardized testing.

What's next for parents who've led the charge to opt their children out of standardized tests?

He also sternly chastised parents who chose to opt their children out of standardized tests, dismissing the opt out movement as «coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were...» Duncan insulted white moms while simultaneously erasing the rising leadership of people of color who have long organized against high - stakes testing.

PURE believes that standardized testing should be limited and that parents should have the right to opt their children out of any standardized tests.

However, hidden in that memo was the fact that parents do have the fundamental right to opt their children out of these standardized tests.