In the editorial “ Opting Out of Standardized Tests Isn’t the Answer” The editorial board argues how opting out is not the best option to take towards standardized test. The editorial board develops the ir argument by giving examples that talk negatively about the idea of opting out of standardized tests. Their purpose is to persuade people into having a negative view towards standardized test, in order to get the audience to have a similar reaction towards the opt-out activists as the editorial board does. The editorial board uses a critical tone with their audience. To begin to introduce his idea, the editor opens with a factual situation about students who refused to take state test, that presents the negative claim that “opting out
