Testing refusal rates in your district

[Tinijocaro]

The district I teach in and my kid's district nearby in Buffalo, NY are at or above 50% refusal.

Anybody else have their refusal rates?

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

We're Schenectady District. I'm not surprised the number is low. Much of the district is low income and some areas are just plain bad. There are some great schools and programs here because of that but not much parental involvement

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I posted a picture in another thread of yours of a roadside sign..
That's in the district that was 53%. Perhaps awareness plays a big part in it.

 

[Tinijocaro]

I think it definitely plays a part in it. Even within my district (I teach in 4 elem schools), it seems the lower income school had fewer refusals. Today, I was at my more affluent school and we were over 50% refusal.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I don't know that it's true for this area. There are much "better", more affluent ones on this list with low numbers.

 

[Tinijocaro]

Hmmm....it will be interesting to see. I'd love to know the total numbers, at least for NY state.

 

[nugov2]

I'd guess almost nobody. I haven't heard of one person opting out and I am actively involved in the school district. Because of all of the upset people on here I have asked around a lot and not one family I know or that they know. There is no movement or protesting. I live in an affluent area. We have no title 1 funding at any district schools. We have had no pressure put on students and no teaching to the test. My dd said they did very little review in class. I am curious to see how our results we be. My dd felt the PARCC testing was relatively easy, but long.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

No refusals here to speak of here in my district that I know of.

 

[Tinijocaro]

If you don't mind, what state are you in with little to no refusals?

 

[The Mystery Machine]

If you don't mind, what state are you in with little to no refusals?

Missouri

 

[msjprincess]

I have no idea of the actual numbers. I know some LI districts had more than 50% opt out.

In my 4th grader's class only 3 kids opted out. All but 7 kids opted out of my 6th grader's class. All but 6 kids opted out of my 8th grader's class.


ETA
I just found the numbers online. 61% of my district opted out

 

[MSLRAC]

I know that my school had no one opt out and I've yet to see any formal rates come out for our county so I'd venture to say that it was the same across the county or the rate was very low.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

It seems to be a pretty big thing here in NY.

 

[verleniahall]

I didn't think a school could opt out of MANDATORY state testing??

 

[mnrose]

So far as I know, this is a non-issue in Minnesota. Haven't heard a THING about it, anywhere but here.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I didn't think a school could opt out of MANDATORY state testing??

Not the school but the students themselves.

 

[Tinijocaro]

Schools are mandated to administer the tests, students are not mandated to take them.

 

[verleniahall]

Around here they are - its part of how your school gets funding

 

[nugov2]

Illinois, I've only heard of a few news stories. Walkouts in Normal, Waukegan Superintendent against testing and CPS first looking to opt out of online testing and then doing an about face.

I was a teacher. The majority of my friends still teach and this isn't even a blip on any of the districts they teach in radar. Some are title 1 some are not. I know multiple CPS teachers. My CPS friends say the opt out rate is the same in their school ss when ISAT was being administered and most of the backlash is due to technology issues so they went to paper testing. I don't think that means there aren't opt out movements here, but they aren't anything like in NY and certainly aren't getting much publicity. Not one of my teacher friends is opting out their child and while everyone dislikes the number of tests nobody I know dislikes CC or feels PARCC is inappropriate only unnecessarily long.

 

[aaarcher86]

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We're Schenectady District. I'm not surprised the number is low. Much of the district is low income and some areas are just plain bad. There are some great schools and programs here because of that but not much parental involvement

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