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Thursday, May 06, 2004

I wonder when more of this will happen: Students skip state academic testing

I love this tagline: 17 at Bonita Vista High displease their principal

A great quote from a student:

I can understand that it is the principal's job to look out for the school's welfare," said Caitlin O'Neill, a junior who was among those who boycotted the state tests. "We could definitely see why the API scores were important to him," she said, referring to the Academic Performance Index, which rates schools statewide.

"But it was just an overwhelming amount of testing," O'Neill said.

"Whether other people view it as selfish or not, it is our personal and legal right" to refuse to take the standardized state tests, she said.

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