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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The loss off Federal funding if families don't submit to ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act, 2012) mandated testing is an idle threat.

Name one case where the Dept. of Ed pulled a school's Federal funding because parents opted out. You can't. There is none although more than one-quarter of the families in various school districts have opted out since the legislation came on line (in NY, NY, WA, OR, IN, OH etc.). Why do you believe that this is happening?

The new head of Standardized Assessments at OSSE has made it easier to opt out of PARCC this year than in 2019. You can make an arrangement with your school to remove your kid during testing blocks freely this year. Some of the DCPS elementary schools in NW will be providing supervision for families opting out in April & May.  Ours plans to.[/quote]

Sure, but Sections 1111 and 1116 of NCLB are clear, even if they may not be enforced.  A lot of people cheat on their taxes too.

If your kid would do well on PARCC and you opt out of testing you are only hurting your kid’s school and making it harder for DCPS/PCSB, parents, and others to evaluate schools based on a common standard.   PARCC scores factor in a school’s rating and reputation, and schools with high scores attract better students and teachers.  Plus, PARCC will be especially useful this year to see which schools suffered the most Covid-19 learning loss.  And what else is your kid going to do while his or her friends are testing?  Watch TV?  Play Minecraft?
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