Should Students' Tests Be An Open Book?

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{m7 — — Should Students’ Tests Be An Open Book? (NAPSA)—Should private school students and their parents have the legal right to view the students’ own tests? A group of parents and two New Jersey state legislators be4 A grassroots movement wants to make private schools more accountable to students and parents. lieve they should. The elected officials have introduced legislation to require private school officials to grant children and their parents access to the students’ school tests. Shirley Hui, parent of a former New Jersey private school student, is seeking grass roots support from other parents. She hopes the proposed law would increase the openness and accountability of private schools. State Senator Shirley K. Turner and Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, have sponsored bills in response to the lobbying effort of Hui, whose child was denied access to her own test in a boarding school in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The Private School Parents Network was established to advocate for students’ and parents’ right to test access. For more information, visit www.privateschoolparents.net.