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20% of New York Students Opted Out of Standardized Tests, Officials Say
Twenty percent of New York State’s third through eighth graders sat out at least one of New York’s standardized tests this year, state education officials said Wednesday, in a sign of increasing resistance to testing as more states make them harder to pass.
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Yeah, let's make our students into data analytics by requiring testing to show what they've learned and how well teachers do their jobs. Some people just don't test, it's not fair to them the government is seeking to make testing the end all be all of education. I think that game "No Pineapple Left Behind" is a good take on this subject.