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	"provider_name": "Action Network",
	"provider_url": "https://actionnetwork.org",
	
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	"author_name": "Citizens for Public Schools",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/citizens-for-public-schools",
	"title": "Why I am opting out of MCAS",
	"thumbnail_url": "https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/265/520/normal/unnamed.jpg",
	"description": "As a result of the pandemic and its impact on our schools and students, most people agree that the MCAS should be cancelled. Legislators, superintendents, school committees, educators, parents and education researchers have all called for the tests to be canceled, yet the state intends to proceed with testing this year. Standardized tests have never been an equitable measure of student learning, but in a time of pandemic they cannot possibly measure student learning with any validity. Testing will only mean that all students will lose precious learning time, while, disproportionally, Black, Latinx, low-income, English learners and special education students will fall even further behind. It&#x27;s time for parents to exercise their right to opt out of MCAS testing. Citizens for Public Schools has launched this petition to show the governor, the commissioner, and everyone else that many parents are opting out of MCAS this year, and people are supporting them in this decision. Please fill in the form (above, on your phone, or to the right, on your computer) to sign the petition (below), and then forward it to your networks.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/why-i-am-opting-out-of-mcas"
}