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[quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I think the PARCC is a waste of time, but I think that opting out is an ineffective way of protesting it. Our school and administration will be penalized if we don't have a certain number of students sit for it. The testing window is about two months long, so the testing coordinator spends the majority of that time running around trying to find kids who were absent on their scheduled days and making them take the test. When that happens, guess who has to give the test? Sped teachers, counselors, or teachers who would normally be on their planning period. Because PARCC trumps everything, kids are pulled from class indiscriminately even if they're in the middle of something important like classroom instruction or a quiz/test. I think a better suggestion is to hold elected officials accountable rather than penalizing the school and teachers who really have no control over it. [/quote]
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