- Sample Opt Out Letters (Sample 1, Sample 2, Sample 3)
- What to do if an administrator tries to force your child’s truancy or threatens to test your child against your written exemption
- Opt Out Guide- Uniting4Kids
- Find the Opt Out Guide for your state – United Opt Out
- The Supreme Court Supports Parental Rights
- Colorado Senate Bill 186 – What the Law Says
- My Letter from the Principal
- Q & A on TCAP testing
- What to do When Your Rights are Violated
- Requesting Your Child’s Test Answers
- Watch the Parent’s Rights Bill debated in the Colorado Legislature
Get Connected:
- United Opt Out
- Fairtest.org
- ParentsAcrossAmerica.org
- BartlebyProject.com
- SusanOhanian.org
- BuildBetterSchools.com
- The Coalition for Better Education
- Uniting4Kids.com
- TimeoutFromTesting.org
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In the sixteen years since I first administered the CSAP test to my fourth grade students, here is what we have learned:
- Wealth and poverty are the greatest indicators of test performance
- High-stakes testing increases inequities in opportunities and resources and further harms low-income children and youth and further segregates schools
- Test scores are not an accurate indicator of a student’s knowledge or potential
- Emphasis on standardized testing kills creativity, imagination, and innovation
- Commercial tests are more expensive and are far less informative than classroom assessments collected over time and evaluated by professional teachers
- High-stakes testing does not improve schools, teachers or students
- Billions have been spent on High-stakes testing and the evidence is clear – zero return on investment
- Standardized tests and the stakes and labels associated with these tests are destructive to children and youth and fail to honor their unique ways of thinking and learning