‘opt Out’ Of 132 Hamburg Students Revives Debate On State Assessment

The Hamburg Central School District was surprised last week when 132 students – including two children of a School Board member – stayed home from school during state testing.The district had heard from a number of parents that they would keep their children home and “opt out” of participating in the assessment.But there were many more, particularly at the Middle School, who didn’t show up for the exam and did not inform the district.“We had a larger number of refusals.

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