In a sharply worded opinion, an appeals court overturned a Leon County judge’s 2016 decision that seemed to support the “opt-out” movement that encourages parents to defy standardized testing requirements.

A three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that Circuit Judge Karen Gievers erred on procedural grounds by allowing the case to go forward and with portions of her opinion that could have allowed some students to avoid answering questions on state exams.

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