The question of boycotting state exams is being posed in New York state:
Ryan Ficano, 10, and his fourth-grade classmates at Center Street Elementary School are scheduled to take a state-mandated math test next week. Ryan, who boycotted the state’s English language arts test in February, hasn’t decided whether to take the test, his mother, Carli Ficano, said Thursday night...Ficano was one of eight parents who met at the Center Street school to talk with administrators and teachers about required testing and the philosophy of mandated exams. Her discussion with Ryan would include teachers’ favorable and neutral opinions of the tests, she said, and that it would be OK not to take the test this year if he chose.
Center Street's principal has asked parents who oppose the testing to take their concerns to the state legislator instead of allowing their kids to boycott (which could certainly hurt the school standing.)
Posted by kswygert at April 29, 2005 02:36 PM