«Parents need to keep up the pressure on legislators and Governor Cuomo to change this inappropriate law,» said Diane Venezia Livingston, a Port Washington parent organizer who has opted her own
children out of state assessments.
States that opt
out of the state assessment consortia funded by Race to the Top (RTT) would have their standards peer reviewed at the federal level by a panel of state officials and content - matter experts.
In this March 30, 2016 photo, students hold signs in favor of opting
out of state assessments during a visit by New York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to the William Street School in Lancaster, N.Y. New York last year saw the highest rate of opt - outs in the country as parents protested the volume of testing and the high - stakes consequences.
The leader of the Buffalo teachers union is outraged over the Buffalo School District's Sit and Stare policy for students who
opted out of state assessments this week.
Principal Cecelie Owens tells WBFO News the school will hold a pep rally Friday to encourage students not to opt
out of state assessments.
Principal Cecelie Owens tells WBFO News the school will hold a pep rally today to encourage students not to opt
out of state assessments.
And both EdNext (60/26) and PDK (59/37) find voters strongly oppose letting parents opt their children
out of state assessments.
With the end of the school year fast approaching and the annual testing window closing, we can make some preliminary judgments about what's signal and what's noise in the debate over parents opting their children
out of state assessments.
Representative Mayfield filed HB 877 to make legal options for parents to opt their children
out of state assessments.
It doesn't augur well for excellence when the new chancellor of the state Board of Regents all but encourages parents to opt
out of state assessments.