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> ====== Here is my story of opting out of CRT's in Washoe County School District, northern Nevada. ====== > > ====== My 4th grade daughter experiences very high anxiety when it comes to standardized tests. They had their CRT's last week. I allowed her to go the first day and she came home a mess. Come to find out, her IEP was not followed, she was not put into a small group for testing. I called the school and raised hell and the next day she WAS put into a small group but the stress was just too much. ====== > > ====== So I called the Nevada State Department of Education and was told we could opt out of testing and we did not have to write a letter or anything, just don't take her to school during testing hours. I called her school to say she would not be testing the rest of the week and that would bring her in at 11 each day once testing was over. ====== > > ====== The principal called me and told me I could not opt out, that if I did I had to write a letter stating why and that if I brought her to school AT ALL during testing week she "would be tested," so I had to keep her out of school completely for an entire week. ====== > > ====== I wrote the letter, CCed: the school district and the dept of education also noting that her IEP was not followed, which is very illegal. I got a phone call from the district special ed director and while she was very nice, she said I could not opt out of testing, she also insinuated that the only way around it was to not take her to school. ====== > > ====== My daughter returned to school yesterday. Today I received in the mail a "nasty gram" detailing how much school my daughter has missed this year and that she is in danger of not moving to the next grade because of it. ====== > > ====== She will not be returning to school next year, in fact, I will be homeschooling. Homeschooling law in NV does state that standardized testing is NOT required. ====== > > ====== I never could find anything in writing on opting out in NV (for public school) on any education website that I searched. ====== about 5 months ago  · [|Report] > ====== Ok here is the NV education code in regards to testing and I cannot find anything in there regarding opting out, maybe some fresh eyes can help a girl out? ====== > > ====== @http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-389.html ====== about 5 months ago  · [|Report]
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