Keyword: Opt Outs
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Chancellor Betty Rosa, center, spoke Monday at the state Board of Regents meeting. Regents unanimously voted to pull back state penalties on schools and districts where large numbers of students boycott state tests.
State walks back opt-out penalties
The State Education Department last week announced that it would pull back on plans to penalize schools in which high numbers of students boycott state standardized tests. more
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Regents vote 14-3 to approve new test regs
With a vote of 14 to 3, the State Board of Regents has tentatively approved new regulations that would penalize districts with significant numbers of students opting out of standardized tests. more
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State officials are looking at new penalties for school districts that don’t have 95 percent student participation in standardized tests.
State may crack down on opting out
The State Board of Regents is set this month to review new regulations that could penalize districts that have significant numbers of students opting out of standardized tests. more
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The opt-out movement is popular throughout New York State.
Valley Streamers continue to refuse tests
Despite changes to state tests last year, Valley Stream students continue to refuse to take the English Language Arts test, which were held this year on April 11 through April 12. more
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While Long Beach Middle School students earned slightly better scores on the English Language Arts Common Core exams in 2017 than the prior year, their mathematics scores declined.
State ELA, math scores released
The New York State Education Department released the results of this spring’s Common Core exams last month, showing improved scores for Long Beach Middle School students who took English Language … more
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After hearing that several questions on this year's geometry Regents had no clear answer, Bellmore-Merrick school district officials decided that students' scores would only count if they boost their GPAs.
Central District to dump geometry scores if harmful to students' GPAs
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will not count students’ scores on this year’s geometry Regents exam unless they boost their GPAs, after it was discovered that at least two test questions had either more than one or no correct answer. more
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Here we go again: a new set of learning standards
New York State Education Department officials will have to forgive the public if people don’t appear eager to embrace Next Generation Learning Standards. We were burned by Common Core. more
Letter: Wilson is the right choice in N. Bellmore
My children have been fortunate to be educated in the North Bellmore School District at Martin Avenue for a decade. Our teachers have provided a nurturing environment for my children to thrive in. I am also a public school activist and advocate, working with local, statewide, and national organizations to move past harmful corporate reforms that threaten all of our classrooms, schools, and districts. more
More than 60 percent of students opt out of math test
Third- through eighth-grade students throughout New York State took the New York State Common Core Mathematics Test from May 2 through May 4, but more than 60 percent of eligible Lynbrook and East Rockaway students refused to take the exam. more
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A total of 717 eligible students in the Long Beach school district chose to sit out last week’s Common Core English Language Arts exams.
Common Core opt out-rate higher than last year
Almost half of eligible Long Beach students in grades three through eight refused to take the Common Core English Language Arts exams last week. A total of 717 out of 1,565 enrolled students … more
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