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Your child does not have to
take the STAR tests.
We are urging all parents to
excuse their children from these tests.
Fill out this form and give it to your children's principal. It is perfectly legal to opt out, and the principal must honor your request.
Find out more here.
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Join our listserve, Cal Resisters. It's the best way to keep informed about—and to influence—the resistance to California's testing nightmare.
Take Action
See the Take Action page for info on how to
Sign a petition for repeal of NCLB
Contact elected officials
Organize a discussion group
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Come to the 3rd Annual Cesar Chavez Conference in Fresno, March 28-29. The theme is Educational Equity as a Civil Right
RECENT NEWS
A new Texas study finds that Texas' public school accountability system, the model for the national No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), directly contributes to lower graduation rates.
Lincoln School, in tiny Lindsay, near Bakersfield, has turned back its $243,000 Title I money, on principle. Fresno Bee
Milwaukee may turn down some NCLB money, too.
Suit re unfunded mandate by NEA and states wins on appeal
Illinois school district threatens to not give English test to English learners.
Center on Education Policy finds "the amount of time spent teaching reading, math and other subjects has changed substantially... changes in curriculum are not only widespread but also deep."
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