Opt-out policy for Common Core tests debated by Saugerties BOE
While the Saugerties Central School District appears to be leaning toward allowing teachers to determine how students who opt out
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Do widespread opt-outs signal the death knell of Common Core?
Last week, huge numbers of students opted out of state-mandated Common Core English tests. Local numbers include 61 percent in
Trustee: Opt-out comments have been misquoted on social media
Since everything I learned I did not learn on Facebook hence my lack of use or need for such social
Saugerties students who refuse tests get packets
Saugerties students who opted out of the grades 3–8 standardized tests this week were treated with something else to do: more
Saugerties parent poll: Opting out of standardized tests
Many educators expect more students to opt out of the Common Core grades 3-8 English and math tests than in
Saugerties parents want new policy for opting out of tests
As state testing for grades 3-8 is set to begin next month, parents returned to the Board of Education during
What to do with students who opt out of standardized tests?
Two recurring issues for the Saugerties School Board led to a sometimes contentious discussion at the September meeting: Information trustees
Test of wills
Parents of third through eighth grade students in Saugerties have been warned by state education officials that the new, tougher
Superintendent addresses high-stakes testing
Saugerties school district Superintendent Seth Turner took the April 9 meeting as an opportunity to address “a flurry of discussion
Standardized test rebellion
After a decade of high-stakes standardized testing, a revolt is brewing. Many local parents and — more quietly — teachers