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Re: testing and opt-out rights

I am not aware of any federal law granting general "opt-out" rights in the context of achievement testing.

Graduation tests have survived legal challenges - Arizona and Massachusetts relatively recently.

I don't think you will get very far claiming that government does not run schools in the best interests of parents and children. Who would believe that?

Art


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From: Peter Farruggio <pfarr@cal.berkeley.edu>

To: LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com

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Sent: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:46 am

Subject: [arn-l] testing and opt-out rights



OK, here's a civil rights question. Maybe somebody can consult a

friendly lawyer who specializes in federal education law...


I thought that CA had the parental opt-out provision because such a

right is guaranteed to families by federal law. Regardless of

whether a state has explicit language in its ed code to guarantee

parents' right to refuse to have their child take an achievement

test, can said state DENY this right? And has this ever been tested

in the courts?


As for recent graduation tests in high schools (exit exams), several

states have laws or regulations that explicitly state that a student

must pass the test in order to obtain a diploma, regardless of

whether or not the student has met all other graduation requirements;

but has THIS ever been tested in the courts? Aren't there class

action lawsuits in preparation somewhere about such denial of diplomas?





So, how much protection for parents is inherent in the Bill of

Rights, Constitution, fedral case law,etc as far as their decision

making rights for their children in the public ed system? I know

that states have already secured the right to mandate such things as

required attendance in school for all minors and adherence to

necessary behavior and discipline rules; but WHAT ABOUT ACHIEVEMENT TESTING????





This opt-out issue is a big one for us, because it can rally many

more people to our cause. The mandate that your child MUST take a

test that has no connection to health and safety smacks of

bureaucratic authoritarianism (proto-fascism, too) and abuse of

citizens' rights by big government. Like a friendly "wedge issue" to

sharpen the contradiction between politicians/corporate execs and

regular folks, no?





Pete Farruggio







At 08:49 PM 8/20/2007, you wrote:





Parents in CA can opt out of the tests, because its in the state



testing law. In fact, CalCARE is launching a campaign for massive



boycotts (by teachers) and optouts (by parents) for the spring.
Enough,



already.



Youre in Nevada, though, right? Check your law. Also check with



FairTest; they may have a list of states with optout provisions.



Susan







On Monday, August 20, 2007, at 05:32 PM, Georgia HEDRICK wrote:







> Oh most wise ones!



>



>



> I am reading the Law --as printed on Mother Margaret Spelling



> Ed.govsite--and I am getting the impression that ONLY the NAEP test
is



> \u003cspan class\u003dq\>>the test\u003cbr /\>>that parents have
the



> right to opt out of. Am I correct?...and this is\u003cbr



> /\>in\u003cbr /\>>SEC. 411 of NCLB.\u003cbr /\>>\u003cbr /\>>If a



> District uses CRTs and not a standardized test, can kids be



> mandated\u003cbr /\>\u003c/span\>\u003c/div\>",1] );



> D(["mb","\u003cdiv style\u003d\"direction:ltr\"\>t\u003d\u003cbr



> /\>>o\u003cbr /\>\u003c/div\>",1] ); //-->the test



> that parents have the right to opt out of. Am I correct?...and this
is



> in



> SEC. 411 of NCLB.



>



> If a District uses CRTs and not a standardized test, can kids be



> mandated



>



> to pass that CRT test at 100 per cent by 2014?



>



> The section --411 again--says that all participation in the NAEP is
to



> be



> voluntary. It says that parents are to be notified that any child
can



> be



> excused from participation for any reason, is not required to
finish



> the



> test once started and is not required to answer any test question.



>



> Under the same section it says that the info from the NAEP cannot
be



> used



> for student promotion or graduation purposes. So, exactly what is
the



> NAEP?



> Where is it? Who puts it out? Does the gov just randomly float
around



> the



> country asking this or that school district to take it?



>



> So far, I cannot find a part in NCLB that says a kid can opt out of
ANY



> TEST--CRT OR OTHERWISE. Does anyone know a section where it says
they



> can



> or is it limeted to the NAEP?



>



>



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