WISC / Standardized speech-language tests
for school admission

SPRINT has concerns about schools requiring a WISC test or other standardised speech and language batteries for admission applications due to legal and pedagogical issues. 
We offer here documents to support parents who wish to voice these concerns
to the schools that require them for this purpose.
Parents may contact individual SPRINT members during regular business hours for help on this matter.

7 documents to support voicing concerns to schools :

• Rationalisation des certificats médicaux
  A flyer issued by the French government, co-written by the “Conseil national de l’Ordre des médecins”, detailing the reasons a doctor can and cannot prescribe medical certificates for school-age children, among others.
  “Admission into a school does not require medical certificates”.
  

• Arrêté du 20 octobre 2008 portant création d'un traitement automatisé de données à caractère personnel relatif au pilotage et à la gestion des élèves de l'enseignement du premier degré
  A statement issued by LégiFrance detailing what information a primary school is allowed to collect concerning a child and their family.
  No standardised tests are mentioned in the list.
  
  

• Article L1110-4 Version en vigueur au 25 novembre 2020
  The law concerning medical secrecy.
  “Any person taken care of by a health professional, an establishment or service, a professional or organisation contributing to prevention or care […] is entitled to respect for his private life and the confidentiality of information. The person is duly informed of their right to object to the exchange and sharing of information concerning them. They can exercise this right at any time. Obtaining or attempting to obtain the communication of this information in violation of this article is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.”
  
  

• Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés
  A statement issued by LégiFrance concerning the automation of personal information in schools. “Personal data may only be collected if they are adequate, relevant and not excessive in the light of the purpose precisely pursued by the person responsible. The latter must therefore be able to justify the necessary nature of the personal data actually collected. At the time of collection, the controller must clearly distinguish the data that must be filled in from the optional data.”
  
  

• Decret n° 2020-811 du 29 juin 2020 précisant les pièces pouvant être demandées à l’appui d’une demande d’inscription sur la liste prévue à l’article L. 131-6 du code de l’éducation.
  The law concerning what documents may be required for school admission.
  "Only the following documents may be required in support of the application for admission, referred to in Article L. 131-6:
  1. A document proving the child's identity; 2. A document proving the identity of the persons responsible for the child; 3. A document proving their address."
  
  

• Délibération n° 2015-433 du 10 décembre 2015 portant adoption d'une norme simplifiée relative aux traitements automatisés de données à caractère personnel mis en œuvre par les collectivités territoriales et les personnes morales de droit public et de droit privé gérant un service public aux fins de gérer les services en matière d'affaires scolaires, périscolaires, extrascolaires et de petite enfance
  A statement issued by LégiFrance concerning the collection of information for statistics and the reliability of the national student numbers. Learning disabilities and other health problems are not mentioned.
  
  

• Guide “Informatique et Libertés” pour l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche
  A guide, written by the CNIL, that contributes to respecting and applying the law and to disseminating IT and freedom culture within educational establishments.