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. >> reporter: carol lee adams is new jersey president of the eagle forum a conservative group. >> whend to, perhaps, social issues we may not agree, but on this issue, we are shoulder to shoulder-- parents, conservatives progressives, the teachers-- we're all opposed to this because this is not about learning. this is not about education. >> and it's really exciting, john because it's pure democracy. >> reporter: julia rubin is one of the founders of save our schools new jersey. >> nobody really cares about the ideology of the group. it's about saving our schools. it's about protecting those children. >> reporter: strange bedfellows is what they say? >> and it's so much fun. one message many voices. and that winning strategy. >> reporter: the message-- tests take away from teaching and learning. >> they're impacting the kind of education kids are getting because they're eating up a lot of introduction time with test preparation and test drilling. if what you're measuring is english and math then all the unimportant subjects like art and exphiewsk science and social studies languages--