Parents, there is still time to refuse the PARCC test. Remember Big Brother and 1984? The data collected from these tests about your children goes far deeper than their scores. The State of NJ belongs to the State Longitudinal Database System (SLDS) and is collecting all sorts of information about your child. Why do you think it is taken on a computer? This is frightening! In addition, the test is admittedly unreliable and not valid. Only a movement from parents refusing the test can save our children from this waste of time and energy.