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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This week, we spoke to our conservative DCPS principal about opting out. Predictably, he argued that taking the PARCC provides invaluable practice in the standardized test taking your 21st Century American student can't escape. Test-taking practice is a lousy reason for having the high-stakes testing tail used in earlier grades to wag the curricular dog. Kids can access practice tests on-line if they are approaching their first standardized test. I've known kids whose first standardized test was the high school graduation test, and they did fine. Ditto for the Finnish kids who don't experience the kinds of silly tests we use, but then knock it out of the park on the PISA tests.[/quote] If you care about opt-out, you need to attend the OSSE listening sessions about their state plan and let your voice be heard.[/quote]
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