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