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Information from Parents and Kids Against Standardized Testing Discussion - Maine Facebook [|Opt-out Thread]

Reply to query from the coordinator for the state assessment at the Maine Department of Education to ask about parents opting out of the test. Here is her reply: "While there are no specific opt-out provisions in the law(s), parents may refuse to have their child tested"

[Source: Parents and Kids Against Standardized Testing Discussion - Maine Facebook [|Opt-out Thread]]

**NEWS**
Koenig, Seth, "[|Portland mom opts children out of standardized testing]," Bangor Daily News, October 5, 2011. Shah, Nirvi, "[|Testing, No Testing, Too Much Testing]," Education Week, October 7, 2011.