High Stake Testing, Your Child, Your choice
High Stakes testing, high stakes testing is planned for every public school child in Florida. If you thought the FCATs were bad the new common core aligned assessments are like “FCATs on Steroids”. But your child does not have to be subjected to many of the tests that the State or Local School Boards have been forcing on your child. The stress and anxiety your child is experiencing is solely for the purpose of gathering data. A School Board Member in St. Johns County, Beverly Slough, said the District tests were only given as “check point” for the State tests. Neither the Students of the teachers benefited from these “check points” so why not refuse them. This may sound radical, but it is Legal, and is being done across the country, and secretly supported by many teachers. Parents are organizing in States around the country for training on how to legally refuse the common core tests, we can too in Florida.
Conversation Ed is having a Webinar on how your child can legally opt-out or refuse to take most of the common core assessments. It is very important for parents, especially in Florida to refuse every assessment because the assessment provider is the American Institute for Research or AIR. AIR is not an academic testing firm; AIR specializes in gathering psychological and behavioral data on their assessments. They are very good at it, and since the test will be digital, you will never see the questions your child will have to answer.
Please, take part in the free Webinar by Conversation ED, read the articles in the links below, Watch the videos and listen to the podcasts, you child’s future is at stake.
And please, do yourself, your child and every child a favor. Vote for candidates who will protect your child and not punish your child for exercising their legal option and your choice to refuse the assessments. In most cases this would be candidates who gave away your child birthrights over their own future in exchange for political or financial support; that would mean Board Members and legislators who voted for the Race to the Top Application in 2010 or support Jeb Bush’s Education agenda (common core) now. In St. Johns county that means voting for Kelly Lorbeer on District 1 and Karen Harvey in District 3. It would also make a big statement if you vote for a State Senator and State representative who would vote to repeal common core, in N.E. Florida that would mean Derek Hankerson.
Conversation ED will host a free Webinar on how to Boycott the common core assessments. Sign up for the Boycott Webinar at #Boycott Webinar
Free Webinar August 24 @ 4:00PM (ET)Kathleen Jasper
High-stakes tests generate hundreds of millions of dollars year after year for large corporations that exploit and harm our children. We must stop the machine fueled by high-stakes tests. Let’s take back our children from these corporations and BOYCOTT the tests.
Join us on August 24, 2014 at 4:00PM EST for a free webinar and learn how to BOYCOTT high-stakes tests in your school. This webinar will include:
- A guide to building and growing a grassroots movement in your community.
- A step by step process for boycotting tests in your district.
- What to do when district and state officials try to intimidate you.
- Alternatives to testing.
- How to ask for a portfolio and other alternative assessments.
Get informed, get empowered and BOYCOTT the test. Sign up for the FREE webinar happening on August 24, 2014 at 4:00PM Top of Form
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Common Core Critics #SayNoToCommonCore are part of the National Opt Out And refuse the test Campain with Links on Florida
National Opt Out & Refuse the Test Campaign – http://saynotocommoncore....
Florida – Guide to Opting Out – http://saynotocommoncore....
Here is a PowerPoint outlining Opting Out and your rights. Rick_Roach_Opt_Out_Orlando_4_13-1
Excellent podcast about what is really happening in our schools
Video summation of Common core
"Refusing The Test" Resources: from NY
