Sentences with phrase «kids out of state exams»

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Then the unions fed the paranoid «opt out» movement, with hundreds of thousands of parents (mostly middle - class Long Islanders) refusing to let their kids take the state exams that measure student achievement — and Cuomo waved the white flag on using exams as part of teacher evaluations.

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On this edition of Need to Know Rochester, hear from parents involved in the local «opt - out» movement and learn why their kids will be refusing next week's state exams.

Out of all the things they could be talking about — like the fact... that at the majority of schools in Harlem kids aren't passing the state exams — instead of talking about this stuff, they were cycling through those questions.»»

Not that the latter is shocking; two months ago, state officials sought approval from the administration to delay using the evaluation system in rewarding high - quality teachers and sacking laggards, as well as to exempt kids taking trial versions of Common Core reading and math tests being rolled out in the next couple of years from having to take the current battery of state exams.

A half dozen parents are keeping their kids out of state reading exams that begin Tuesday.