Why to Opt Out? I'll give you just a few quick reasons.....
Standardized Testing is inappropriate in elementary schools
as a means for assessment.
Governor Herbert just legislated that teachers and
schools be graded by the results of these tests.
These tests are currently being developed at a huge price
tag. Research does not support that
test data indicates learning. These test are like social experiments on kids testing.
The tests the kids will be taking this year are on the old
Utah standard curriculum, which they did not learn this year. This year the new “core curriculum” was
taught. The core curriculum has been implemented in haphazard way. Most material is from
book companies that had a jump start in preparing written material (i.e. lots of
worksheets). The common core tests will
not be available for another two years.
Governor Herbert just legislated that our children’s test
scores will be complied into a backpack which will be available for private
interests.
If we can get 25% of kids to Opt-Out of the CRT's the overall data will be invalid. Parents need to get informed about what is happening. Elementary school is not what it used to be!
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