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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What ever happened to Iowa tests?  Did anyone but me take those in grade school?  The standardized test is not a new thing.

My new teacher husband has been loving this week because he isn't teaching a full load.  They have been doing MSA prep for two full weeks.  There are structured accomodations for the kids that need them.

OP, is your child going to avoid the physical fitness tests in PE calls too, or just perhaps the spelling tests.  Tests are a fact of education.  The MSAs are just the beginning.

By the way, the primary issue with the MSAs this year is that they are geared to test what the this years third graders are studying in the 2.0 curriculum.  Everyone seems to acknowledge that the MSAs for 3rd grade will not reflect learning this year.[/quote]

Read the original post. 
I don't think it mentioned opting out of other tests - just the MSA since it isn't required or necessarily a reflection of the curriculum.

Seems like a waste of a "full two weeks" of school if that is indeed the case that prep has taken that long. (I'm not sure that is even true - maybe your husband is new and spends more time on it. I hope all teachers aren't spending two full weeks on just test prep - that sounds like a bad use of time.)

I'm not sure teachers who love the standardized tests because they "don't have to teach a full load" is a valid justification for the testing.  I'd probably keep that part to myself if I were the teacher.  [/quote]

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