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Blog 2- Increasing Amount of Affluent New York 3rd-8th Graders Opting Out of Testing
200,000+ students sat out NY’s standardized test in 2015, many are from richer districts. http://t.co/vlymfztaOn pic.twitter.com/Y0kJBhPBue
— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) August 16, 2015
- This article shows the exploding amount of 3rd through 8th graders in New York that are opting out of Common Core Standardized Testing by school district. I picked this article because Common Core has been met with resistance from mainly affluent families, which would ruin the integrity of the test’s data. Teachers job performance ratings are based in part on these standardized tests and they are used to identify achievement gaps throughout the state as well.
- The data was collected from the New York State Education Department.
- Why are more affluent people in New York opting out of these standardized tests than those from disadvantaged communities? How is this legal if federal law requires 95% participation in Common Core standardized testing?
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Missouri Communication 
Formatting on this is a little weird because your comments seem to be included in a quote block with the tweet embed. See if you can fix this next time. From the main blog page your comments don’t show up all, I only see them when I click on your specific link.
Say something more about #2, HOW did the education department get these data. Any idea?