From Truth in American Education:
190,836 Students Opt-Out of New York’s ELA Assessment
A New York-based Opt-Out advocacy group called United to Counter the Core reports that 190,836 students as of the time of this writing opted out of last week’s Common Core-aligned state ELA assessment with just under 76% of school districts accounted for. This is an major increase from last year with 49,000 students opting out.
The math assessment which starts today with reports from a little more than 19% of school districts counted so far has seen 62,173 students opt-out.
Incredible…. Arne Duncan in the meantime is having a conniption fit.
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More on our own State Superintendent Randy Dorn’s conniption fit tomorrow. Again, more “Truthiness in Education”. Stay tuned.
For now, read The Common Core SBAC: Separating fact from fiction, the top ten FAQ’s and answers about opting out and State Superintendent Randy Dorn’s “interpretation” of the Common Core SBAC testing and opting out: Truthiness in education.
Dora Taylor
