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I found the following post from someone who opted out of the DC-CAS on a thread from a couple of years ago...

*We opted out for 3rd & 4th and will opt out for 5th (and weren't alone in doing so). What you do is make calls to sr. people at the DCPS Office of Data & Accountability, and send your principal a letter, stating your intention to opt out. Do this a couple months before test dates if you want to stay on terra firma with DCPS.

*Be prepared to keep your DC home for the testing days, or bring them to school for 15 minutes at the beginning of the day and take them home - schools won't want to deal with him/her during test time.

*Ignore any DCPS official who gives you a guilt trip and/or threatens to keep your kid back a grade if they don't take the test - they don't have the right. Schools WOTP are used to having a few parents opt out, probably not the case where AYP is more of an issue. In Upper NW, with so many kids at, or heading to privates, the culture of rejecting standardized testing is strong. We're in the habit of planning family vacations for testing period. Just make sure you that your DC hasn't missed much school beforehand and it all works out. [/quote]

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