Want to end the obsession with standardized testing? Opt your children out of the state tests.
Ignore the threats from state and federal officials. The tests today have taken over too much of the school year. Teachers should prepare and give tests that cover what they taught.
What if all students opted out of testing? That’s democracy in action. The elected officials who mandate these tests would take notice. They might even discover that no high-performing nation in the world tests every child every year.
The tests today are pointless and meaningless.
“The best and only way to send a message to the politicians is to let your children refuse the tests.”