Senator Aaron Osmond has listened to a lot of parents this past year and the sometimes horrible situations schools have put their children in forcing them to take tests they were opted out of, lying to children and telling them it was the law and they had to take it, etc… With the recent USOE … Continue reading SB 204 – Parent Rights Update – Stronger Opt Out Rights
Governor Herbert signed SB122 into law today. All Utah parents can now opt their children out of SAGE tests from any school without repercussion to your child, the teacher, or the school. De-stress your children and tell them to tell their friends they got opted out of the SAGE tests. Trust me, their friends will … Continue reading SB 122 – All parents can opt out of SAGE tests
Parents have always had the primary responsibility and authority for their children’s education but state and local authorities, and some individual classroom teachers, often bypass family concerns and legal limitations on what can be taught to children in schools. As such, a small group of concerned citizens created this new opt-out form and sent it … Continue reading The New Content Opt-Out Form
I was recently sent this document by a teacher who wanted to ensure the public received this information. It was expressed that the below document was recently sent to all LEA’s by Diana Suddreth at the Utah state office of education, regarding rules for handling assessment opt-outs at local schools. Coloration and markings below are … Continue reading New Opt-Out Guiding Document
Brian Halladay, a school board member in Alpine School District and one of the only people in the state to really dig into AIR and their SAGE test, shared the following with me and gave permission to post it. *********** The SAGE Test is an unreliable, unverified test that our children from 3rd-11th grade are … Continue reading School Board Member Recommends Opting Out of SAGE
Parents may opt out of testing in Utah according to State Superintendent Brad Smith. “The most important legal policy….by constitution, and by what I consider to be natural rights, parents have the right to opt out of anything! They don’t need permission. They don’t need to fill out a form. They don’t need to seek someone … Continue reading State Superintendent affirms natural right to opt-out
Who sets state law? Well, if you work at the USOE and can get a favorable writeup from an assistant attorney general, then you just run with it and tells schools that’s the law to go by. Legislature, schmedislature. The last few days have seen a number of crazy things happen so let me try … Continue reading Opting out of tests
Whitne Strain opted her children out of SAGE tests and spoke with the press about it. Afterward, State Superintendent Menlove contacted her and asked why she opted-out. This was her reply. Dear Dr. Menlove, Thank you for asking why I chose to opt out my child. I am happy to share. First, I would … Continue reading A Mom’s Reply to the State Superintendent on Why Opting Out of SAGE Tests
Superintendent Menlove issued the following letter to schools just over a week ago. http://www.schools.utah.gov/board/Meetings/Summary/materials/Opting-outofstatetesting.aspx Utah State Office of Education April 7, 2014 OPTING-OUT OF STATE TESTING There continues to be some confusion about students and/or parents opting-out of end-of level (SAGE and DWA) or other state-wide testing. Please be aware of the following as you … Continue reading Superintendent Menlove’s Letter on Opting Out
Under Common Core’s Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT), you will never know what indoctrination your children are being exposed to and neither will your children’s teachers. This video explains exactly why you MUST opt your child out of all computer adaptive tests or start homeschooling. Hypothetically, what if you’re a teacher who holds a view that … Continue reading Why you MUST Opt your Child Out of all Computer Adaptive Tests
