After seeing this thread I asked my 4th grader about the survey yesterday. He remembered it from January, but the question that was most top-of-mind for him was "race". He's never been asked that before, so it really got him wondering why they cared. Also, he's mixed race and didn't know what to answer. He told me he was worried someone might want the info to stalk him (too many Internet safety conversations, I guess) so he left it blank. How's that for a great way to kick off a testing session! Poor kid. I'm guessing it was a new question since he took it last year, too, but made it seem like this year was the first time he was asked his race.
