Re: [LiteracyForAll] Susan Ohanian & Juanita Doyan

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

The tests are all state tests. Many states have opt out provisions,  
although Im having trouble getting an accurate list. (If you know about  
your state, please tell me.) NCLB requires 95% participation or its an  
automatic non-AYP, with all that that entails (which Im also having  
trouble finding out about). I know what the list of penalties is, but I  
dont know about whether they can take money away from districts/states.  
They threatened to take NYCs money if they didnt use phonics, but that  
was just Reading First.  They threatened to take away Utah's military  
bases if the whole state opted out (as they were contemplating). What  
about Title I (the biggest)?
Susan

On Monday, October 15, 2007, at 08:32 AM, Georgia HEDRICK wrote:

> About NCLB:  I just went to the NCLB site, found a section for asking  
> questions, wrote down "Does a parent have the right to have his or her  
> child opt out of any sort of NCLB related testing?"
>
> I got a reply saying: NO ONE HAS ASKED THAT QUESTION YET.
>
> Just that fact surprised me.  Then they ask stuff about me and email  
> and phone numbers and shoe size, no--that's being silly--they didn't  
> ask about shoe size.
>
> I get a reply with a number:'071015-000028'  which is my reference  
> number.
> I am given a site which is about 5 feet in length:
>
> http://answers.ed.gov/cgi-bin/education.cfg/php/enduser/ 
> acct_login.php?p_userid=saraw1@sbcglobal.net&p_next_page=myq_upd.php&p_ 
> iid=118607&p_created=1192461708
> Then I am told that I will get my answer in 5 days.
>
> How is that?  (If the knock on the door doesn't happen first...)
>
> I will keep you all posted. gh
>
>
> Carole <edelsky@earthlink.net> wrote:                               i  
> hope i'm wrong but i don't think it's legal in AZ to opt out of AIMS
>  [our high stakes test].  anyone know?
>
>  On Oct 14, 2007, at 8:47 PM, dypsr80 wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> >  Thought you might like to know that on Friday night (10/12/07) Susan
> > Ohanian and
> >  Juanita Doyan were guests of honor at a dinner hosted in Boulder. The
> > event focused on
> >  the NCLB Act and high stakes testing. We were able to raise money for
> > Susan's web site
> >  and the Coalition for Better Education (in Colorado).
> >
> >  Everyone in attendance shared their stories. There was even a high
> > school student who
> >  came with her mother, Carol Carminati, who thinks Colorado's high
> > stakes testing
> >  program "stinks."
> >
> >  My nephew from Minnesota who is a freshman at the School of Mines (in
> > Golden, CO) also
> >  thinks that the high stakes testing program in Minnesota is nuts. He
> > came over today to
> >  spend a couple of nights at our home in Boulder, CO. Much of the
> > conversation at dinner
> >  tonight centered around the lunacy of the NCLB Act and high stakes
> > testing.
> >
> >  Right now, I am redoing the bathroom off the bedroom, and all the
> > trade persons I have
> >  spoken with also thinks Colorado's high stakes test (CSAP) sucks.
> >
> >  All of my three brothers also thinks the NCLB Act and high stakes
> > testing is stupid.
> >
> >  We are not alone. Somehow, we have got to get teachers and parents
> > standing together
> >  against the NCLB Act and high stakes testing. Any ideas????
> >
> >  Yvonne Siu-Runyan, professor emerita
> >
> >  P.S. My nephew said that he didn't know that parents could opt their
> > children out of taking
> >  their high stakes tests.
>
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