HB 306: Opt Out Bill in Illinois
This session the IL General Assembly is considering an opt out bill, HB 306. The bill is intended to clarify parental rights around opting children out of state-mandated standardized testing. […]
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Statement on misinformation from ISBE on opt out and PARCC
[Download statement in English and Spanish as pdf here.] Recently, the Superintendent of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) distributed inaccurate information about a student’s ability to opt-out of […]
CPS CEO and Board of Ed agree: Park the PARCC
More Than A Score’s coalition member Raise Your Hand has launched a campaign “Park the PARCC!” to get a one-year moratorium on administration of PARCC as state accountability testing for […]
More Than A Score meeting with CPS administrators
On March 31, 2014, members of More Than A Score met with Chief Accountability Officer John Barker and other CPS administrators to discuss assessment-related policies. This was the third such […]
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