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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the PARCC is not perfect but has some value. Otherwise you cannot really compare school to school or schools in different states. You need to have some common parameters to know what is going on in different schools. Also, reading and math skills are critical to future success. This might not be a big deal to your upper middle class kid but it is critical to the vast majority of kids in DCPS. Maybe you can keep your kid home. It certainly won't affect your child but it might be nice for all DCPS kids if everyone just took the test and we ended up with a high participation rate and scores that will help D.C. figure out how to do better.[/quote]

It's a free country and we should be free to opt out if we don't support the corporate reform agenda.

Nevertheless she persisted.  Let's resist. [/quote]

This country's looking a little less free with each passing week.

We should be able to opt out for whatever reasons, including those we do not care to articulate.  The freedom to legally opt out should come with the freedom to do so without being called names.

Nobody has to convince me that public schools put parents of proven "advanced" learners (e.g. Johns Hopkins CTY campers who cleared a SCAT test score bar) under more pressure than others not to opt out.  [/quote]

Oh god, spare me.  Yes, you are on a noble civil rights campaign to defend your child against the marauding administrators trying to make her take a test.  PS how many more times do you want to mention CTY?[/quote]

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