The East Meadow Board of Education recently announced that students in third through eighth grades would no longer take the field tests that the creators of the State Education Department’s …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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The number of East Meadow students who refused the state English Language Arts assessments last week doubled from the total just one year ago, and Superintendent Leon Campo said that more than half …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/14/16
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For the first time, more than half of Wantagh students opted out of the New York state English Language Arts exam, which was given April 5-7.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/13/16
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Two-thirds of Seaford students refused to take the New York state English Language Arts assessment last week.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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4/13/16
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New York state testing begins next week, and a large number of students are again expected to refuse the tests in the Seaford, Wantagh and Levittown school districts.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/30/16
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East Meadow School District Superintendent Leon Campo said that an injustice happened in the community in October. Then, McVey Elementary School officials learned that student “opt-outs” in last …
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/30/15
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Teachers and community members wasted little time in calling for public education reforms in the new school year when dozens of protesters gathered on Merrick Road for a Sept. 17 rally. …
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By Julie Mansmann
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10/5/15
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New York State test scores were released last week, but the rising trend of test refusals means that results are no longer indicative of a district’s performance.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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8/19/15
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With tens of thousands of New York students refusing to take state assessments this year, Bellmore and North Bellmore administrators are now waiting to see how the spike in what some call …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/20/15
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Last week more than a thousand third- to eighth-grade students in the Merricks did not take state English Language Arts tests.
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By Brian Racow
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4/22/15
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