~ NATIONAL OPT OUT & REFUSE THE TEST CAMPAIGN ~ The goal of the “National Opt Out & Refuse the Test Campaign” is to provide the awareness, resources, and support needed in order to have every single child in the United States of America opted out of the federally mandated high stakes testing and assessments that go along with the Common Core State Standards and the Race to the Top assessment program. When individual states signed up for the Race to the Top assessment program to receive funding from our federal government, they agreed to align their curricula with the Common Core State Standards, before the standards were even written. The federal government has unconstitutionally violated our 10th Amendment by exercising power over education. Education should be controlled locally and within the States. Until we are able to get rid of Common Core through legislation at the state level, we need to make sure that no more children will be abused by the high stakes testing and assessments that go along with Common Core. The sooner we have all children opted out of these high stakes tests and assessments, the sooner teachers will no longer have to “teach to the test.” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPTING OUT & REFUSING THE TESTS ~ 1. Join our community on Facebook (facebook/groups/NationalOptOutAndRefuseTheTestCampaign) and find support before, during, and after the process of Opting Out/ Refusing the Tests. 2. Please go to the website (SayNoToCommonCore) to find the “Common Core State Standards Parent Opt Out form” from Truth in American Education. Please fill out this form, keep the original for your own personal records, and make enough copies of your completed form for all of the following recipients: a. The superintendent of your child’s school district b. The principal of your child’s school c. Each of your child’s teachers 3. On top of completing the form above, please also click on your State’s Opt Out Guide that is located to the left of the websites campaign blog post. In your State’s Opt Out Guide, you will find further instructions that are necessary and specific to your own state. Please refer to these instructions, as well as the instructions stated on the “Common Core State Standards Parent Opt Out form” from Truth in American Education. Please make sure that you opt your child out of all the high stakes testing and assessments that go along with Common Core as soon as possible so we can begin allowing teachers to get back to teaching the traditional way instead of having to “teach to the test.” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Website - SayNoToCommonCore Facebook Groups - https://facebook/groups/236564023171178 & https://facebook/groups/223691117795109 Twitter - https://twitter/JanetWardWilson #SayNoToCommonCore, #StopCommonCore
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:04:44 +0000
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