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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our Catholic school starts the day at 7:40 and ends at 3:20, our public elementary starts at 9:30 and ends at 3:30, so we have an extra nearly 2 hours a day of school time. We do one 2 hour long standardized test per year, seems like our public peers are spending more time in testing than we spend in mass. We start and end our school year earlier but we also have some days off for Catholic holidays, then again we have zero days off for Jewish, Muslim or other religious holidays.

Our kids do extremely well compared to their public peers academically, you really don’t need to have such grave concern for this neighbor of yours.[/quote]
I have my complaints about public schools, but they don't have standardized testing weekly. It's maybe 4x per year.[/quote]

Our school has probably 6 masses per year, very few schools have it weekly. And with so much extra time in school per day we would still come out way ahead.[/quote]
ok, sure, but the PP made it seem like standardized testing at public schools was weekly. It's not.

Also, I kind of like knowing where my DC is.  Grades only tell you so much.[/quote]

Sounds like your kids should be in a school with a good amount of testing then, good for you. No need to criticize anyone who chooses a different option for their children, move along![/quote]
? I wasn't criticizing. I was making an observation about a PP's post.

You seem quite defensive.[/quote]

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