The SHTA supports a parent’s right to opt their children out of harmful state tests.Do not be fooled by misleading advertisement. Little has changed. We have seen only minor tweaks proposed by the Common Core Task Force and enacted by the Board of Regents and NYSED. We recognize that tweaks will not fix the major structural damage that exists in this system.
As parents and teachers, we ask you to strongly consider opting your own children out of all third through eighth grade NYS assessments. It is our belief that the tests are developmentally inappropriate for students and not a fair evaluation of student or teacher achievement. As an association we find the use of standardized test scores to evaluate teachers deeply troubling and grossly ineffective.
State Tests begin Tuesday March 28th.