When students in Grades 3-8 took standardized tests in April 2014, about 5 percent of them statewide sat out. This year, State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said test-takers made “modest gains” in English and “greater” progress in math, but that progress was overshadowed by an even larger increase: 20 percent of kids refused to take the assessments.
The figures, released Aug. 12, led state officials to question how to better make their case to resistant parents, who were upset by the increased emphasis on testing and the harder Common Core standards. It also led New York State United Teachers and others to question the results' usefulness.
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