New Hampshire parents, once again your rights are under attack by the Senate Education Committee. <\/p>\n
The Senate Education Committee today voted 3 to 2 against parental rights (HB603<\/a>) in New Hampshire. HB603 :<\/a> HB603 would put into statute important legislation supportive of parental rights to opt out of the Smarter Balanced Assessment. <\/strong><\/p>\n We know the numerous problems with the new Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA): There is enough evidence to show that the Smarter Balanced Assessment should be halted in the state of New Hampshire. However since our Governor and her Commissioner ignore these warnings, it is up to the parents to step in if the school administrators will not. <\/p>\n Parents have the fundamental right to guide their child\u2019s education and that is consistently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. However in this rush to chase federal dollars, concern for children is no longer taken into account. Yes parents, your children are now subjected to child abuse per trained professionals and medically licensed physicians so we can get our money back from the federal government. TALK ABOUT GREED.<\/p>\n HB603 is a valiant effort to ensure parents will have that right to refuse this abusive testing scheme. <\/p>\n Today April 28th, the Senate Education Committee voted \u201cInexpedient to legislate\u201d on HB603. That means the majority, three of the five members, voted to KILL HB603 and deny you your parental rights. (Senators Stiles, Watters and Kelly) Why? Well as you can see in this video, Senator Stiles spells it out for you. She\u2019s concerned about losing federal dollars. <\/p>\n Forget that this testing scheme may be harming children.
\nThis bill declares that a student exempted from taking the statewide assessment by the student’s parent or legal guardian shall not be penalized. The bill also requires a school district to provide an appropriate alternative educational activity for the time period during which the assessment is administered..<\/em><\/p>\n
\n1) School Board Member and State Representative David Murotake testified that Nashua teachers said this about the SBA<\/a>
\n a) totally grade level inappropriate
\n b) Seems the test was designed more as a psychological or sociological experiment, not as
\na measure of academic learning
\n c) It is nothing less than child abuse for my special ed students in my classroom<\/em>
\n2) According to Rasmussen<\/a>: The Smarter Balanced Common Core Mathematics Tests Are Fatally Flawed and Should Not Be Used An In-Depth Critique of the Smarter Balanced Tests for Mathematics
\n3) Dr. Gary Thompson, License Child Psychologist calls the Common Core assessments: Cognitive Child abuse<\/a>
\n4) Teacher in NY reports that the Common Core testing is child abuse <\/a><\/p>\n
\nForget that the Common Core math assessment is fatally flawed.
\nForget that the questions are developmentally inappropriate for your children.
\nForget that the Nashua teachers are warning parents about the serious problems with this assessment, Sen. Stiles makes it clear that her concern is over federal dollars.
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