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Parents anxious to opt out of school tests
State law requires exams to advance, but there is an option
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At Monday’s meeting of the Hall County Board of Education, Superintendent Will Schofield advised board members that schools have been receiving calls about preventing their children from taking standardized tests. “I suspect the number is going to increase,” Schofield said at the meeting. “We have more and more parents that are beginning to question the efficacy (of testing), and whether or not they want their children taking high-stakes tests, particularly parents with young children.”