Assessment Opt-Out Policies: State Responses to Parent Pushback. ECS Education Trends

Autor/inn/en	Aragon, Stephanie; Rowland, Julie; Wixom, Micah Ann
Institution	Education Commission of the States
Titel	Assessment Opt-Out Policies: State Responses to Parent Pushback. ECS Education Trends
Quelle	(2015), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; State Policy; Educational Testing; Parents; State Boards of Education; State Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; District of Columbia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Eltern; Landesrecht; USA
Abstract	With new state assessments kicking into full swing across the country, schools are seeing more and more parents wanting to opt out their children. Determining whether states allow assessment opt-outs can be complex and is constantly evolving. In some states the answer is clear: State policies either allow or prohibit state assessment opt-outs, or state departments of education issue clear guidance that opt-outs are not allowed. In many states, however, the guidance as to whether opt-outs are allowed is far less clear, as departments of education are often silent on the issue. Additionally, many states have no consequences in place for not participating in mandatory assessments, adding a further wrinkle to defining what it means for states to truly prohibit opt-outs. This ECS Education Trends report highlights a number of ways states are addressing this issue. An appendix provides a brief snapshot of information related to assessment opt-outs across the 50 states and District of Columbia, where available. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Education Commission of the States. ECS Distribution Center, 700 Broadway Suite 1200, Denver, CO 80203-3460. Tel: 303-299-3692; Fax: 303-296-8332; e-mail: ecs@ecs.org; Web site: http://www.ecs.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01