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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Thanks for this. On another thread we were hotly debating how PARCC testing hours are counting towards IEP services.  Making the school's job harder for them means that special ed teacher resources get used up administering the PARCC rather than giving our kids their actual services.  I get the objetions to PARCC, but it's something we just need to accept and not make harder for everyone.  If you truly disagree with it tell your kid to sit there and write nonsense or whatever.  [/quote]

We don’t need to “just accept” what the teacher deems “a waste of time.” My kids take the test, but I want the school to minimize it’s impact on school life.  Don’t teach to the test!  Don’t have ridiculous “rah rah PARCC” school-wide assemblies! Don’t bring in PARCC cupcakes! Just give the damn tests and that’s it.[/quote]

Amen. Also know that teachers and principal’s bonuses are tied to PARCC results. [/quote]

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