Illinois

UNITED OPT OUT COORDINATORS:

• Cassandra Cresswell
   

RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS:

• Fact sheet on testing Chicago students with disabilities.
   
• Raise Your Hand - http://www.ilraiseyourhand.org/ - has information on testing and other educational issues in Chicago and Illinois.
   
• More than a Score Chicago - http://morethanascorechicago.org/. On this site are a petition against overuse and misuse of tests, a fact sheet on testing, both in English and Spanish, and other testing reform materials.
   
• Substance monthly newspaper covers Chicago schools as well as national testing issues.