LOOK OUT! If parents opt their children out, the Malloy administration will cut funding for poor children
Wait, What?
Just when it seemed that Governor Dannel Malloy’s arrogance and bullying couldn’t get any worse, Connecticut school officials have been told to instruct parents that they may not opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Consortium Assessment (SBAC) or NEW SAT testing schemes. The Malloy administration has said that if students aren’t forced to take these tests, local school districts will lose their Title 1 education funding.
Despite the fact that there is no law, regulation or legal policy that prevents parents from opting their children out of the destructive testing mania, school superintendents and principals have been directed to do everything they can to prevent parents from standing up to protect their children.
The latest example of the Malloy administration’s campaign of intimidation and abuse comes from North Haven, where the superintendent of schools wrote to parents telling them that their children must take the Common Core tests.
Covering the development, the North Haven Citizen newspaper wrote;
Opting out of standardized tests is a popular experience for public school students and many North Haven students did just that when it came time toLOOK OUT! If parents opt their children out, the Malloy administration will cut funding for poor children - Wait What?:
