A revolt over excessive testing is heating up in New York.Parents groups who've been "opting out" their kids from state tests have set a new goal to have 250,000 students boycott the next round of the exams - compared to 55,000 students who didn't take the standardized tests this year. More than 1 million students in grades 3-8 are scheduled to take the math and English tests when they’re offered next spring.The boycott is gaining ground here in the mid- [...]
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By Pauline Liu Times Herald-Record, Times Herald-Record
Sun, 10/19/2014 - 5:00pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: New York Orange County, NY Middletown
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