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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sometimes wonder if there is a shill from the WTU who complains about all and any testing which could reveal holes in the schooling our kids are receiving...[/quote]

I wonder about a shill from central office -- terrified that opting out might catch on among the kids who can be counted on to score well on the tests.

That's what DCPS likes most about your kids -- that they make the adults looks good, so you can bet they will try to shame you into having your kids take the test and threaten you with damage to their records.

Sometimes I think the reason some high SES parents go along with the tests is because of their own academic competitiveness. I wish more would become anti- NCLB standardized testing activists like so many other public school parents across the country.[/quote]

It's typically *not* the kids that are going to do well that are looking to opt out.  And, to take that one step further, if kids who would do well were to opt out, that would actually HURT the school even more than not opting out would.[/quote]

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