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[quote=Anonymous]Pages back, somebody posted that the director of assessments at OSSE has changed since 2019. Actually it's the DCPS Assessments Director who's changed: the new director is Kyu-Ryung Hwang, formerly an instructional coach and ES classroom teacher in the system.

Hwang recently issued instruction to ES principals and their registrars telling them to permit families to opt out of PARCC without students accruing unexcused absences in the process for the first time. What used to happen is that parents who wanted to opt out would generally contact OSSE and/or DCPS Assessments directly, asking for information on procedures, a bothersome arrangement for staff (particularly since no directives or procedures related to opting out had been established or published). For their part, school registrars would sometimes report opt out families to DCPS Student Attendance and Support for truancy, launching investigations involving social workers, gumming up the works at that department.

This year, as was pointed out on page 1, families can opt out simply by letting their admins know that they intend to, in writing.  Admins then OK opt outs via email and make arrangements with families for students to leave their regular classrooms during testing time blocks.  The city council hasn't amended DC law/Every Student Succeeds Act to afford families a formal opt out like California, Colorado and Oregon have, but has effectively decriminalized the practice.[/quote]

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