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Parents opt out of Common Core in force
Parents across the city and state drew a thick line in the sand Tuesday, boycotting high-stakes standardized tests that they blame for unnecessary student anxiety and unfair teacher evaluations.
Vowing to shatter last year’s opt-out numbers, Common Core test opponents organized a social media campaign and got the backing of the state teachers union to encourage students to put down their pencils.
Anecdotal evidence suggests they succeeded.
The number of students statewide who balked at taking Tuesday’s English exam for third- to eighth- graders will likely surpass last year’s 60,000.
At the Institute for Collaborative Education on the Lower East Side, 85 percent of the students opted out, according to parents.
At PS 321 in Brooklyn’s Park Slope, parents said 35 percent of the students refused, up from 30 percent last year.
And at PS 29 in nearby Cobble Hill, the opt-out jumped from 20 to 25 percent.
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Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2015/04/parents-opt-out-of-common-core-in-force/
