Other students joined the protest during a break in the state-mandated testing, but said they did not walk out because they feared punishment at home. Protest government racism and standardized testing. That's an injustice. They expressed fear that their courses will be altered to fit the tests.
All children have different styles of learning.
Meanwhile, dozens of parents from other schools have said they will keep their children from taking the tests. Students who do not take the exams receive a score of zero, and those scores are included in the school's score, putting pressure on administrators to ensure that all eligible students participate and take the tests seriously. In Danvers, eleven students were suspended for not taking the test. Parent and school pressure apparently caused other students to participate. Last year, many students in California's San Rafael High School deliberately failed the STAR exam as a protest, a method reportedly spreading in california and other states.