#9 of the 10 Things You Can Do to End High Stakes Testing:

1.     If you are a parent or guardian of a student, ask your school administration about the possible consequences for “opting out” of the standardized tests. This will help dispel the idea that you don’t have the right to make decisions about your student. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR STUDENT.

iiImagine if they gave a test and nobody came?

 Without high stakes tests, there is no time wasted on test prep, no children marginalized because they had a bad day or a learning difference or spoke a different language, no teachers called "unsatisfactory" because they take the challenge every day to work with ALL students who enter their classrooms, no schools closed and called "failing" because they care for the students with the biggest challenges.

High Stakes Tests are the basis of everything that is undermining public education.

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