Let the testing begin! States have heightened attention on standardized testing as many states approach their scheduled testing dates.
Parents, community members, and taxpayers increase resistance and opposition:
Colorado parents are threatened with truancy if they decide to keep their students home on testing days. As of March 8, 2012, the news outlet was waiting for a school district response. Standing by on this development.
Illinois parent opts out yet again this year in a long drawn out process. Related article here. This is a very interesting story.
Indiana parent resistance mounts.
North Carolina parents, community members, and taxpayers find that "people stood up for the kind of education they believe in" and averted a repeat of 52 new standardized tests given last spring. The interim superintendent declared the 52-testing idea scrapped. (The previous superintendent who ordered the tests resigned at the end of the 2011 school year to work for Rupert Murdoch's new education company.) Related article here.
New York city parents call for boycotting standardized tests.
A national law suit affirming parent rights to opt out of standardized tests emerges.
How long will education reformers pretend legitimate concerns do not exist?
Bring parent opposition and resistance out of the shadows.
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