Just before the March 31 budget deadline, when it became clear that lawmakers would approve a new evaluation system that relies more heavily on state exams, NYSUT joined the «opt out» push, arguing if enough
students refuse the tests, they won't be statistically reliable for use as part of the rating system.
She again stated the position Monday, saying parents in the state have the right under the law to have
their students refuse the tests.
«There were various anecdotal reasons why
students refused the test, ranging from test anxiety to concerns about this specific standardized assessment,» she said.
The strife fueled a movement of parents who refuse to let their children take state standardized tests; in spring 2015, 20 percent of New York
students refused their tests.
She again stated the position Monday, saying parents in the state have the right under the law to have
their students refuse the tests.
State officials have told schools that if
a student refuses the test, they should be allowed to read or do homework.
Not exact matches
Jay Mathews, education writer for The Washington Post, wrote a recent column about teachers who
refused to give
students back their graded
tests.
Had I known that I would have to do that (not have to but I
refuse to watch a
student be malnourished on a day of standardized
testing), I could have prepared better: fresh fruit, homebaked healthy goody, etc..
Nearly 80,000 public school
students in 100 districts across Long Island
refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core
tests, according to a Newsday survey.
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.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Terrence Murphy (R,C,I - Jefferson Valley), Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square), Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns (D - Buffalo), Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R,C,I - Rome) and Senator George Latimer (D - Rye) today joined with parents,
students and educators in Albany to call for passage of bi-partisan legislation they are sponsoring, the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» (A. 6025 / S.4161) to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to
refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized
tests.
«The Common Core Parental Refusal Act protects the rights of parents to have their children
refuse to take these high stakes
tests and it ensures that
students, teachers and schools are not penalized or rewarded for participation — or lack thereof — in the exams.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino this afternoon will call on the state Department of Education to release statistics on how many
students are
refusing to take the current round of state
tests.
Their principal strategy has been the opt - out movement, under which
students refuse to take mandated assessment
tests.
Last April, 100 districts responded to Newsday's survey on the final day of ELA
testing, with 43.6 percent of eligible
students refusing to take the
test.
In spring 2015, an estimated 200,000
students statewide — more than 70,000 of them on Long Island —
refused to take state
tests in English and math, the largest such boycott in the nation.
A Newsday survey conducted Friday on the last day of state math
testing in grades three through eight found that 52.8 percent of eligible
students in Nassau and Suffolk counties
refused to take the assessment.
The city school board learned there is no consistency about what to do when a
student refuses to take the
tests.
A large number of New York's
students refused to participate in state
tests this year.
More than 71,000 elementary and middle school
students refused to take the state Common Core math
test yesterday in 80 of Long Island's 124 school districts that responded to a Newsday survey — nearly 53 percent of those eligible for the exam in those systems.
More than half of Long Island
students eligible to take the state Common Core
test in English Language Arts
refused to take the exam this week, according to a Newsday survey of public school districts ending Thursday, the third and final day of the assessment.
Long Island appeared on the threshold of cementing its place as the epicenter of the opt - out movement statewide, with tens of thousands of
students refusing to take the state's English language arts exam on the first day of Common Core
testing, a Newsday survey showed.
MaryEllen Elia, tapped seven months ago to lead New York's education department, now finds herself wedged between a federal mandate to
test students and a groundswell of parents in this state who
refuse to let their kids take the
tests.
The bill would ensure that schools can notify parents they can
refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in Common Core standardized
tests, protects schools from having state aid withheld & ensures that
students are not punished for their lack of participation in those
tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000
students refused New York State Common Core
tests.
Last year 60,000
students opted out across the state,
refusing to take the Common Core standardized
tests.
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr., a former New York education commissioner, is pushing new regulations that would designate public schools in which large numbers of
students refuse to take Common Core
tests as in need of improvement.
Last year, 20 percent of New York
students refused to take state
tests, aligned to the Common Core standards for higher achievement.
In April, at least 89,036
students in grades three through eight in Nassau and Suffolk counties
refused to take the state's English language arts
tests — the second consecutive year of unprecedented boycotts.
As more and more
students refuse to take the Common Core standardized
tests, school districts are dealing with what to do with the protesters during
testing time.
As for last year's
testing opt - outs, Farrell said the district saw only a small percentage of
students refuse to take the state
tests despite low class sizes which easily skew the data.
A growing number of parents are withdrawing their children from the annual state
tests; the epicenter of the «opt - out» movement may be New York State, where as many as 90 percent of
students in some districts reportedly
refused to take the year - end examination last spring.
But what would be the likely impact of some, or even many, but not all
students refusing to take the
tests?
Likewise, Christian schools offer models that may prove useful to public schools by eschewing standardized
testing; reviving Latin, logic, and rhetoric; emphasizing the place of music and foreign languages;
refusing to track
students by ability; or choosing an unhurried approach to learning.
I
refuse to pretend that it's caused no mischief in our schools — narrowing curriculum, encouraging large amounts of ill - conceived
test prep, and making school a joyless grind for too many teachers and
students alike — but neither can any fair - minded analyst deny that there have been real if modest gains in our present era of
test - driven accountability, especially for low - income black and Hispanic children, particularly in the early grades.
As befitting an article published in the nation's leading statistics journal, it introduces new statistical techniques to deal with problems that often emerge in randomized field trials: 1) missing data (for instance, not all
students who initially joined the study participated in the follow - up
testing sessions), and 2) noncompliance (some
students, for example,
refused the vouchers that were offered to them).
Also excluded are the 10 percent of the
students in grades 1 - 4 who were sick, who
refused to take the
test, or whose
tests were lost in the administrative process.
Over the past few years,
students by the thousands have
refused to take their state's standardized
tests.
The Educational
Testing Service breached its contract with a
student test - taker when it
refused to consider his explanation for an unusually large increase in his SAT scores, the New York State Court of Appeals has ruled.
Last year, roughly 20 percent of New York State public school
students refused to sit for standardized
tests.
A few other states, such as New Jersey and Colorado, also gained media attention when large numbers of
students refused to take
tests.
Statewide, only 1 percent of
students have opted out of
testing, but a very vocal set of parents in San Diego and Marin County have
refused to let their children take the state
test.
During the 2013 - 14 school year, 2,198 grade - school
students refused to take the state's standardized
tests.
Only 83 high school
students refused to take the
tests.
We oppose high - stakes standardized
tests that falsely and unfairly label
students of color,
students with disabilities and English Language Learners as failing, the use of standardized
test scores as basis for
refusing to fund schools or to close schools, and the use of
student test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, a practice which has been repeatedly rejected by researchers.
West Seneca, which had one of the highest ELA opt - out rates in the state the last two years with 71 and 73 percent, had a small drop, with 68 percent of
students refusing to take the
tests Tuesday, according to Jonathan Dalbo, director of instructional technology and social studies.
Nearly 15 percent of New Jersey 11th graders
refused to take their state
tests this spring, but the overwhelming majority of younger
students participated in the new PARCC exams, according to preliminary state numbers.
Despite the significant number of
students who
refused the exam or were listed as absent on
test days, state data show most Illinois schools and districts saw nearly all of their
students take the
test.
Some of the
students who skipped
testing hadn't told the district they planned to
refuse the exams, she said.
In Winnetka, about half the junior high
students at Carleton Washburne School skipped the two exams, with most kids
refusing to
test rather than be listed as absent, according to the data.
This week, significant numbers of
students have once again
refused to take the
tests.