Sample PARCC Opt Out Letter

Source links to facts in Common Core presentation

BCCEO website:

www.bcceo.blogspot.com

BCCEO letter of support to BCPS teachers:

http://www.examiner.com/article/citizens-letter-to-our-teachers

Common Core standards:

http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/

Fed Ed meets Corp Ed meets Non-Profit Ed:

http://www.examiner.com/article/menage-a-trois-fed-ed-reform-may-backfire-on-the-architects-of-common-core

Gates Foundation funding of Common Core:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/27/gates-foundation-pours-millions-into-common-core-in-2013/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/12/gates-gives-150-million-in-grants-for-common-core-standards/

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database#q/k=Common%20Core

How did CCSS come about in MD?

http://www.examiner.com/article/timeline-how-did-common-core-come-about-maryland

(see links referenced in article.)

Grants that funded CCSS:

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/implementation.html

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/167F463A-3628-47B7-8720-353C3216AD1A/26169/RT3Update_September2010_LTRrev1021.pdf

ESEA waivers used as incentive to sign-on to CCSS:

http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/esea-flexibility-request.doc

Title I funding as incentive to sign-on to CCSS:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2010/02/as_part_of_the_obama.html

RTTT reforms:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mds3+program+schools&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/race_to_the_top/

Enabling legislation:

http://dbm.maryland.gov/agencies/operbudget/Documents/2015/BudgetHighlightsFY2015.pdf

States signed on before standards released:

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/phase2-applications/maryland.pdf

http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2010/col2-content/main-content-list/title_national-governors-association-and-state-education-chiefs-launch-common-state-academic-standards.html

MSDE sets education policy and LEAs must comply:

http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/researchtools/sourcesmdlaw.html 

(see COMAR articles referenced in next source link below.)

https://www.facebook.com/notes/cindy-sharretts/current-md-education-law-puts-state-board-policies-over-local-boards/10151996515305672

MSDE budget:

http://dbm.maryland.gov/agencies/operbudget/Documents/2015/BudgetHighlightsFY2015.pdf (pages 14-17)

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/pubs/budgetfiscal/2014fy-budget-docs-operating-R00A01-MSDE-Headquarters.pdf

(page 25)

BCPS curriculum issues:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/sun-investigates/bs-md-co-curriculum-contract-20140426,0,586197.story?page=1&track=rss

SUPES Academy:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/blog/bs-md-dance-coaching-contract-20131213,0,1762346.story

PARCC technology upgrades:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/17/maryland-schools-need-100-million-for-online-common-core-tests-says-report/

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-01-16/news/bs-md-technology-schools-20140116_1_tests-technology-upgrades-districts

FERPA: 

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-02/pdf/2011-30683.pdf

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011602.pdf

http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Comments-on-the-NPRM-for-the-Family-Educational-Rights-and-Privacy-Act.pdf

MDGA:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmLegislation.aspx?pid=legisnpage&tab=subject3

Gates Foundation funds PTA, NEA, AFT to push CCSS:

http://neatoday.org/2014/02/19/nea-president-we-need-a-course-correction-on-common-core/

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2009/12/National-PTA-to-Mobilize-Parents-for-Common-Core-Standards

STAT program (electronic devices):

https://www.bcps.org/academics/stat/IDC-FAQs.pdf

http://mdk12.org/process/course/module4.html

Legislation limits liability in event of data breach of MLDS:  HB1342 and SB945 of 2013

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmLegislation.aspx?pid=legisnpage&tab=subject3

Data collected birth to late twenties:

http://www.ecs.org/html/meetingsEvents/NF2013/resources/Ratliff%20ECS%20June%2026%202013.pdf

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/pubs/budgetfiscal/2014fy-budget-docs-operating-R00A01-MSDE-Headquarters.pdf (page 16)

http://cte.ed.gov/Docs/DQI/SLDS_PPT_v12_Keynote_Gould.pdf

TABCO warns of teacher exodus:

http://tabco.org/images/uploads/bulletins/Jan%20Feb%20Bulletin.pdf

Cloud computing:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-digital-privacy-schools-20140220,0,4601355.story

http://mdk12.org/data/examining/index.html

Contractors profiling students:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0607.pdf

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-20/news/bs-ed-digital-privacy-schools-20140220_1_student-data-student-privacy-cloud-services

MDS3 survey and passive consent:

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/studentschoolsvcs/student_services_alt/mds3/cp/

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-awards-388-million-safe-and-supportive-school-grants

RTTT funding vs. CCSS Implementation Costs:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0006/hb0076.pdf

(see page 3 paragraph 5)

PPRA:

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ppra/index.html

COPPA:

http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm

PIA:

http://www.oag.state.md.us/Opengov/pia.htm

http://www.examiner.com/article/politics-101-how-to-request-public-documents

COMAR education article:

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/subtitle_chapters/13A_Chapters.aspx

Parental rights:

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/earlyinterv/docs/MarylandProceduralSafeguardsNotice_July2013.pdf

Assessment opt out:

http://www.bcceo.blogspot.com/2014/03/msde-response-to-msa-opt-out.html

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/getfile.aspx?file=13a.03.04.06.htm

http://www.examiner.com/article/parents-can-opt-out-of-maryland-standardized-assessments

http://www.bcps.org/offices/sss/pdf/Parental_Opt_Out_Form.pdf

The Baltimore County Coalition for Education Oversight   ~   www.bcceo.blogspot.com

Sample PIA request

Carroll County teachers' union letter to teachers

MDS3 parent opt out letter from school

MDS3 participating Maryland schools

Copy of the student version of the MDS3 survey