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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We can all have our views, but for those parents who want to opt out, why?

I just don't get your holier than thou approach as if you know better. You are all pretending to be experts on standardized tests. You are all experts on testing procedures. Go ahead and opt out, I hope your teachers also opt out of anything above and beyond for your kids. When you opt out, you are hurting many people, your school, your teachers, your kid's friends, your neighborhood, DCPS, and so on. And the final nail could be your own child. You think you are doing good but it could even be detrimental.

Live and let live, right?[/quote]

I dont plan to opt but if I did Im not sure how it hurts the school or my kids friends.  My kid is almost two grades ahead in her current classroom and I know the eacher and school really really want to make sure kid takes the test the school scores. But its not like school has ever gone above and beyond for my kid, its always "smart kids will be fine anywhere"[/quote]

Just let you kid take the PARCC. It is so low stakes. I'm encouraging and supporting my children to show what they know. I don't care if you think it is a stupid test. I don't care if it is useless. It's an experience that my kids will have. I'm raising my children to shine and be the best they can be and not to look for excuses or opting out. It's just another assessment, just like i-Ready, RI, ANet, and so on.[/quote]

i - Ready, RI, ANET all take 60 - 90 minutes (maybe 2 hours). PARCC is a two week disruption to schedules[/quote]

PARCC is generally over 3 days for a particular grade:  ELA, math, and SCI, and take a total of fewer than 8 hours.  Once a year.

Tests like ANet are usually administered several times a year.[/quote]

2 1/2 hours of no class for 7 school days at the middle school level[/quote]

Not at our middle school.[/quote]

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