Resolutions
- 01. WPA and Choice in Education (4/88)
- 02. Wisconsin's Home Schooling Law (4/88)
- 03. State-Mandated Standardized Testing (4/88)
- 04. Home Schooling, Private Education, and the DPI (4/88)
- 05. State Review and Approval of a Home-Based Private Educational Program's Calendar and Curriculum (4/89)
- 06. Teacher Certification of Home Schooling Parents (4/89)
- 07. Entry and Re-entry Into Public Schools (4/90)
- 08. Home Schoolers Taking Courses in Public Schools (4/90)
- 09. Unity Among Home Schoolers (4/90)
- 10. The Primary Role of Parents in Education (4/91)
- 11. Opposition to State Control of Education and the Family (4/91)
- 12. State goals in education (4/92)
- 13. America 2000 and Wisconsin 2000 (4/92)
- 14. Education Vouchers (4/92)
- 15. Outcome-Based Education (4/93)
- 16. Government Collaboration (4/93)
- 17. Maintain the Distinction Between Public and Private Schools (4/93)
- 18. Screening, Evaluating, and Labeling Children (4/94)
- 19. The Federal Government and Homeschooling (4/94)
- 20. Privacy and Homeschooling (4/94)
- 21. The Independence of the Homeschooling Movement (4/95)
- 22. Families First (4/95)
- 23. Homeschooling, Educational Reform, Freedoms, and Money (4/95)
- 24. Maintaining Wisconsin's Homeschooling Law (5/96)
- 25. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (5/96)
- 26. Attempts by the State to Determine Eligibility to Homeschool (4/97)
- 27. School-To-Work Programs (4/97)
- 28. Day-Time Curfews, Truancy Sweeps, and ID Cards for Homeschoolers (5/98)
- 29. The Real Cost of Tax Credits for Homeschoolers' Educational Expenses (5/98)
- 30. Impact on Homeschooling Freedoms of Homeschoolers' Qualifying for Public School Sports Teams (5/98)
- 31. High Schools' Mock Trial Involving a Homeschooler (5/98)
- 32. Graduation Test (5/99)
- 33. Legislation That Undermines Homeschooling Freedoms (5/99)
- 34. Laws designed to prevent certain families from homeschooling (5/00)
- 35. Survey Research on Homeschooling (5/00)
- 36. Standardized Testing Required by the Federal or State Government (5/01)
- 37. Homeschools Defined by Law as One Family Unit (5/01)
- 38. Public E-Schools (5/02)
- 39. Government Imposed Immunizations (5/02)
- 40. Education Vouchers, Educational Investment Accounts, and Tax Credits and Deductions for Education (5/03)
- 41. Maintaining the Distinction Between Public Schools and Homeschools (and Other Private Schools) (5/03)
- 42. The Media and Homeschooling (5/04)
- 43. Student Identification Database Systems (5/04)
- 44. Mental Health Screening (5/05)
- 45. No Child Left Behind (5/05)
- 46. History of Homeschooling in Wisconsin (5/06)
- 47. Institutionalizing Young Children (5/07)
- 48. Maintaining the Basic Principles of Homeschooling (5/08)
- 49. Importance of Parents to Children’s Development and Learning and a Family’s Well Being (5/09)
- 50. Prevent Further Erosion of the Role of Parents in Children’s Early Years (5/10)
- 51. New Kindergarten Statute and Homeschooling (5/11)
- 52. Encouraging Homeschoolers to File Form PI-1206 Online in Accordance With the Law (5/12)
- 53. Common Core State Standards in Education (5/13)
- 54. Maintain the Distinction Between Homeschooling and Public Virtual Charter Schools (5/14)
- 55. Maintain Parental Rights in Education by Refusing to Sign Public School Withdrawal Forms (5/15)
- 56. Maintaining the Fundamental Foundation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities (5/15)
- 57. Impact on Homeschooling Freedoms of Homeschoolers’ Qualifying for Public School Sports Teams (5/15)
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15. Outcome-Based Education (4/93)
Whereas under Outcome-Based Education (OBE) the state would set the goals for a child’s intellectual, social, emotional, and moral development and then determined whether the child’s development in each of these areas was satisfactory; and
Whereas under OBE the government would decide which specific employment skills, living, skills, and attitudes a child should have; and
Whereas the government would enforce its decision by granting or denying a child the certificate or diploma required for further education or a job; and
Whereas OBE represents a basic change in the role of the government in education from that of providing a service to that of requiring specific outcomes; and
Whereas this change would mean that the government’s claim of authority would move dramatically beyond compulsory attendance laws to compulsory education laws; and
Whereas compulsory education is inconsistent with freedom of thought and belief and the basic tenets of a free society; and
Whereas OBE blames the problem with our schools, economy, and society on the individual and family rather than the powerful interest groups and bureaucratic organizations; and
Whereas OBE would affect home schoolers because they would be expected to meet the government’s goals in education in order to be certified for college or many jobs;
Be it resolved by members of the Wisconsin Parents Association (WPA) that WPA and its members are opposed to Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and will work to inform WPA members and the general public of the problems and risks associated with OBE. 4/93