tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post1548912877358475087..comments2023-12-19T16:54:31.953-05:00Comments on SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Hey Harrison NY! I'm Opting Out My Son and So Can You!Pete Zuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708676684946013529noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-26735575030728506442014-06-05T08:00:13.451-04:002014-06-05T08:00:13.451-04:00Hi, good for you! More parents must opt out. There...Hi, good for you! More parents must opt out. There is going to be a national anti-Common Core speaker on the UWS in two weeks, June 17 at 11 am. Dr Duke Pesta has testfied against Common Core in 20 states. He'll be at Church of St Paul and St Andrew, 263 West 86th Street. Dr Pesta speaks about the bribery involved by the Gates Foundation, OBE, CC double-speak, how CC is against our Constitution, how CC only readies kids for tech and community colleges by pushing math back, product placement in the tests, data mining, privacy violations.<br /><br />Common Core is the federal takeover of our education system. I saw Dr Pesta speak in Pomona, NY last month. It was eye opening! Come see Dr Pesta June 17th at St Paul and St Andrew. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-33994970215822037062014-03-24T09:07:04.104-04:002014-03-24T09:07:04.104-04:00While I agree with your reasoning for opting your ...While I agree with your reasoning for opting your son out of testing, the repercussions of doing so is what scares me. Recently in Chicago a group of parents opted their kids out of standardized testing and as a result their kids where subjected to intimidating questioning by CPS investigators and lawyers without their parents being aware this was happening. Here's a link to an article regarding this issue. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/03/21/bucktown-parents-furious-after-cps-questions-kids-about-isat-boycott/<br /><br />I think that if you as a parent choose to opt your kids out of testing, prepare them ahead of time for what could happen as a result. Granted, this probably wouldn't happen everywhere, but you never know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-4874252791220505082014-03-24T05:21:47.187-04:002014-03-24T05:21:47.187-04:00I'm a Harrison parent and my son did not take ...I'm a Harrison parent and my son did not take the 7th grade exams last year and he will not take them this year. Last year, he read To Kill A Mockingbird instead of taking the test....life is too short to waste time on filling in bubbles based on meaningless excerpts. I'd rather read the full thing.technoteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759973466172153410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-44730738105820138422014-03-24T02:25:28.533-04:002014-03-24T02:25:28.533-04:00Metropolitan Achievement* TestsMetropolitan Achievement* TestsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-51406803377230711222014-03-24T02:24:03.957-04:002014-03-24T02:24:03.957-04:00There must have been something wrong with me, but ...There must have been something wrong with me, but I loved taking standardized tests when I was a student! Whether they were considered high-stakes, low-stakes, or something in between didn't matter to me.<br /><br />Here are some of my favorites:<br /><br /><br />Metropolitan Achievements Tests<br /><br />Iowa Skills Tests<br /><br />Citywide Exams<br /><br />Regents Exams<br /><br />the PSAT/NMSQT<br /><br />the SAT<br /><br />SAT Subject Tests<br /><br />Advanced Placement Exams<br /><br /><br />And what style of testing was my favorite?<br /><br />Multiple-choice!<br /><br />Is there anyone else out there who enjoyed taking standardized tests?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-40210656817356579622014-03-23T23:21:08.155-04:002014-03-23T23:21:08.155-04:00I opted both my kids out. They are 2 and 3. They w...I opted both my kids out. They are 2 and 3. They will never take a standardized test.Francesco Porteloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249197982072281997noreply@blogger.com