Also, my school was reluctant to admit it but I made sure the testing is not used for any sort of placement. And it is not. Not sure if maybe there are regulations saying it can't be used for placement or what. But it is not used, at all, in any way to place the student in our elementary schools. It is ONLY used to rank the schools (and it possibly affects funding for the school in an indirect way). In a neighboring,very high ranking, district - parents opted our in droves in protest. In another neighboring district (also highly ranked) the superintendent published an op-ed and sent a letter to everyone in his district about how he is opposed to the testing. So it is almost mainstream here to be against the testing...
