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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You cannot opt out.  You can remove your child from school but it will have to be for the whole testing period -- which includes an extra week or so for makeups I believe.[/quote]

Not true.  I opted out of the MSA for my child.  All I had to do was write a letter to the principal stating that I was refusing to permit my child to sit for the MSA.  I had reasons (which I prefer not to discuss because they identify us).  The school wanted my child to take the exam, but acknowleged at the end of our discussion that I could write a letter refusing to participate and they would not be able to test my child.  If I just held my DC out of school as "sick", the school would have just gone ahead and tested DC upon DC's return.  But, because I wrote the letter, the school couldn't test DC.  [/quote]

I believe your principal just didn't feel like fighting it.

Legally, your child could have been required to take the test.  Parental permission is not required.

Tactically, it probably wasn't worth the fight.[/quote]

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