Not exact matches
Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with
aligned state
tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students
refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.
Last year, 20 percent of New York students
refused to take state
tests,
aligned to the Common Core standards for higher achievement.
At the same time, governors and state policymakers concerned with the national standards push should
refuse to expend any state or local resources to
align state standards,
tests, and curricula with the Common Core national standards and
tests.
Refusing to concede defeat, Highland said he's considering drafting a bill to curb state funding for textbooks and
tests aligned to the Common Core and for the computer equipment that schools need to administer those
tests online.
When teachers in Seattle, Washington,
refused to administer the math MAP
tests which were Common Core -
aligned, superintendent Jose Banda threatened them with suspension.
This amendment would
align the Ontario Human Rights Code with the Canadian Human Rights Act, which was amended in May 2017 to provide similar protections for those who
refuse to undergo a genetic
test or authorize the disclosure of its results.