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Some Parents Boycott PARCC State Testing

The Ohio Channel

Ohio students are taking the first round of standardized testing using the new assessment known as the PARCC, an acronym for the testing consortium that developed the tests. But some parents are leading a movement to boycott these tests, which are aligned with the Common Core math and English standards.

Sarah Lewis, a mother of four from Celina, parents around Ohio have the right to do what she did and opt their children out of taking the exams.She said the PARCC forces teachers to spend all year “teaching to the test” and puts too much pressure on students.
 

“This is what we’re turning our schools into," she said. "I want my child to go to school I want him to love school. I want him to love learning. I want him to love getting an education and when you’re pounding in their heads that the most important thing of their school career is being able to pass a test I think that we have gone grossly off track."The Ohio Department of Education warns that there are consequences to boycotting certain state tests but it’s unclear what penalties come from opting out of the PARCC specifically - especially with a pending House bill that would create exemptions.