South Carolina Withdrawing From Smarter Balanced Testing Consortium

South Carolina has announced plans to withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two consortia developing tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards. In an April 3 letter to school districts in the state, Deputy Superintendent Nancy Busbee...

If Ten Percent Refuse the Test It’s Over!

This was written by Pennsylvania parent Michele Gray. Be sure to check out her blog. If we can just help parents overcome their fear of saying No to testing, their fear of what will happen if their school doesn’t make AYP, we can end this all now. Only 10% of parents...

School Committee positions on opting out of PARCC pilot testing

The Norfolk School Committee approved and sent a letter responding to the Department’s legal opinion banning parental opt out that supports parents’ right to opt their children out of PARCC pilot testing. The Wachusett School Committee has adopted a policy that allows...

Children Being Punished for Opting Out

MARION, N.Y. – The controversy surrounding the new Common Core-aligned standardized tests is causing some New York school leaders to act as childish and immature as the students they are supposed to be leading. bored student13WHAM.com reports at least 16 school...

Opting Out of PARCC Field Testing

Opting Out of Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Field Testing If the above video does not appear on your device, use this direct link: Opting Out of PARCC Field Testing