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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don't get the reasoning behind skipping the PARCC.  Your child has already "lost" weeks of regular instructional time in preparation for it.  So you're not avoiding that, which in my mind is the greater problem. 
By taking the PARCC, a kid gains experience in standardized test taking.  We applied a 5th grader to private school this year and they asked for PARCC scores as well as the SSAT/ISEE test.  Parts of these tests are very similar to the PARCC.  The application high schools in DC require the PARCC.  The PARCC is also not that dissimilar to the eventual SAT.  It all helps as practice for standardized testing later in life.  [/quote]

Agree with all of this.[/quote]

Agree that its not the test itself that's the problem ... but a school system that is so focused on standardized testing. Pulling your kids out of PARCC is an act of civil disobedience. [/quote]

Opting out of PARCC is civil disobedience - hahaha that’s a good one. If you said you were picketing out front of OSSE or maybe doing a sit in, maybe, but opting out is far from a political protest. Please don’t confuse your kids into believing this choice you are making is a protest.[/quote]

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