My husband and I are in shock. We have just received a letter from our children’s superintendent and elementary school principal denying our request to opt our children out of their state standardized testing, most notably the NECAP and the upcoming Smarter Balanced assessment. This, from a NH district (Live Free or Die!) that many families, including our own, move into precisely for their reputation of being a student-centered, community-based, autonomous school that, up until the past couple of years, has maintained that reputation.
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