Within three weeks, 80 percent of parents had submitted in writing their intention to opt out of the new tests. Principal Julie Zuckerman put her weight behind the families, agreeing, according to Tran, that these tests would be the wrong thing to do. In a statement, parents wrote, The K-2 high-stakes tests take excessive testing to its extreme: testing children as young as four serves no meaningful educative purpose and is developmentally destructive. By October 28, families of ninety-three of the ninety-seven students subject to the tests had opted out. The near-unanimous boycott is unprecedented in the city. It also signals the first stirrings of a growing test-resistance movement poised to reach new heights this academic year.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 22:47:24 +0000
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