The WKCE and related assessments testing is scheduled for next week in Madison Metropolitan School District schools (
full schedule of MMSD assessments, here), but your child doesn’t have to be part of it. You can opt out. Families with
students in grades 4,8, & 10 have a state statutory right to opt out of the WKCE; I have been told that it is district practice to allow families to opt out of any and all other, discretionary, tests. We opted out this year. In order to opt out, you must contact your school’s Principal (and do it ASAP,
contact info here).
The WKCE does your child no good. Just about everyone agrees that even in comparison to other standardized tests, it is not a good assessment. Because results are received so late in the year, it isn’t of much use to
