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• "Keeping a child home from testing does no favor to the child or the school," he said.
• Morna McDermott, a Baltimore college professor who is a board member of United Opt Out, likens the battle against standardized testing to a fight for corporate reform.
• "Ultimately this is an act of civil disobedience," McDermott said. "If this is going to change, it has to fundamentally be grassroots."
• Darcie Cimarusti of Highland Park, N.J., didn't like that her twin daughters would have to agonize over a standardized test as first-graders so she worked out an agreement with the principal to move them into a kindergarten class during testing time.
• "My goal is that my daughters never take a standardized test," Cimarusti said. "I see less and less value in it educationally and it being used more and more to beat teachers over the head."
• Peggy Robertson, a teacher in Centennial, Colo., who is also an Opt Out board member, said she only expects the movement to grow.
• "You can feel the momentum," she said. "I think we're headed for a full-on revolt next year."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2013. There are 113 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On September 9, 1513, English forces defeated Scottish invaders in the Battle of Flodden Field; more than 15,000 men were believed killed, including the King of Scots, James IV.
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• On this date:
• In 1543, Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, nine months after she was born.
• In 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term "United States" official, replacing "United Colonies."
• In 1850, California became the 31st state of the union.
• In 1919, some 1,100 members of Boston's 1,500-man police force went on strike. (Continued on page 29)
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