Opt-out Parental Notification
Test results offer feedback about your child’s progress. The results of these tests act as a snapshot of your child’s progress and may be used along with other pieces of information to determine their strengths and areas for improvement.
Not having information on our students’ academic progress limits our ability to accurately identify where students are struggling, where they are excelling, and whether we are fulfilling our goal of narrowing achievement gaps.
Parental Rights
- You have the right to opt your child out of state summative tests in English Language Arts and Math. (Please see below for rules associated with other state assessments.)
- To opt-out of the tests, you must complete the 2023-24 Opt-Out form and submit it to your child’s school.
- Any student exempted from a state test will be provided with supervised study time while other students are testing.
By signing the opt-out form, you may lose valuable information about how well your child is progressing in English language arts and math. Opting-out may impact efforts by your school and district to equitably distribute resources and support student learning.
- Annual Notice for Oregon’s Statewide Summative Assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics
- Aviso anual para evaluaciones sumativas estatales de Oregón en Artes del Lenguaje Inglés y Matemáticas
Other State Assessments
For all other statewide assessments (OAKS Online Science and Social Sciences, ELPA21, the Kindergarten Assessment, and the Extended Science Assessment), parents may request that their student be exempted from state testing based on either disability or religion. OAR 581-022-1910 allows school districts to excuse students from a state required program or learning activity, including state testing, to accommodate a students’s disabilities or religious beliefs.
In order for a school district to excuse a student from testing under this rule, the student’s parent must submit a written request to the school principal, listing the reasons for the request and proposing an alternative individualized learning activity for the student that meets the same goals that would be accomplished by participation in state testing.