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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Grumpy Educators: Testing Perversion: Parent Threatened and Parental Rights Violated in NY

Grumpy Educators: Testing Perversion: Parent Threatened and Parental Rights Violated in NY:


Testing Perversion: Parent Threatened and Parental Rights Violated in NY

This story does not require much introduction. The correspondence between the parent and the school officials speaks volumes and confirms the depth of the high stakes testing perversion.

The letter from the parent on her reasons for choosing to opt out her student from standardized testing: (highlighting in red is added for emphasis by Grumpy Educators)


From: Christine Dougherty
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:38 AM
To: Thomas M. Capone; Donna Gales
Subject: opt out.
Please be advised that my son Joseph Dougherty will not be taking the New York