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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no formal opt out (confirmed at a recent meeting with DCPS PARCC officials). So  your options are medical reasons or truancy, neither of which - to me! - seem wroth the trouble of potentially harming your child's records.[/quote]

or just taking a couple of days off as for a family vacation or emergency.  Don't worry about "harming your child's records" - this is just a fear tactic.[/quote]

I'm afraid it would be more than a few days.  I think in most public schools they have a window of time when they can test children. I believe it's usually two weeks sometimes three weeks. they build in time into the schedule for make up exams because children were absent. I believe every child who is enrolled but does not test is counted as a zero (basically to disincentivize any shenanigans about not testing children who are potentially low scoring and then just saying that they were absent) so there's a huge incentive to test every kid. Likely you will get so kind of phone call from the school everyday that your kid is absent.
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especially if your kid is a known good student -- they need those scores.  As for the rules and consequences for not taking tests -- they should be written down somewhere. Demand to see that -- don't take verbal-only instructions that tests are mandatory as gospel -- it means they are trying to snow you.[/quote]

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