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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so funny. Billions of people around the world live in countries where standardized, country-wide exams are the norm for every class and grade. Your "opt out!" frenzy is comedic.[/quote]

are you a shill?  there's nothing "comedic" about a national movement of opting out of lengthy, imposed standardized tests.[/quote]

I'm not a shill. I'm a high school teacher. I've seen nearly two decades with thousands of kids during that time who were passed along or came from substandard schools. It is astonishing the level of watering down that needs to take place at the high school level to "get everyone to pass" when they come to you with marginal reading comprehension, little critical thinking and lousy math skills. [/quote]

Yes. indeed. But that is not a defensive of this PARCC test nor the way it's questionable results are used. That, my friend is an argument for accountability and standards which I think we ALL wholeheartedly support.[/quote]

^^agreed.  Seems like above high school teacher, like the conflator of common core with PARCC, is trying to divert parents reading here from the clearly expressed issue of high-stakes standardized testing mandated to public schools in the NCLB legislation.  Meanwhile, they do not respond to direct questions about PARCC.

It does seem like the PR team really doesn't want parents to focus on opting out and so tries to scare them or guilt trip them about other issues.   Perhaps this is because they have no good defense for it and know they can't stop parents from opting out.[/quote]

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