State test participation has benefits for students, their families, and their schools. NCEO recently developed a participation communications toolkit that provides customizable resources that state education agency staff, district and school administrators, and parent centers can use when communicating with educators, policymakers, families, and students about why it is so important that students participate in state assessments. It also contains a discussion guide that Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams can use when making state test participation decisions for students with disabilities. The toolkit has customizable flyers for families, students, educators, and policymakers. It also has sample social media posts as well as a customizable slide deck and a customizable letter for families.
This toolkit is intended to provide a neutral but useful mechanism to guide positive, thoughtful conversations about student testing participation. Toolkit resources include:
Customizable Policymaker Flyer