Plattsburgh, NY: 47% students not taking the Common Core exams. They can sit and read.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. –
With the arrival of spring comes the arrival of end-of-year exams in schools. But this year something unusual is taking place. Some students are refusing to take the tests and educators are saying OK.
“We’ve had a record number of parents choose to refuse to have their students take the tests,” said James Short, the superintendent of the Plattsburgh City School District.
Specifically, the Common Core exams. These are exams almost every state in nation recently introduced to schools.
“High school graduating seniors today across the country are not well prepared for post-secondary education, including college, but other kinds of post-secondary education as well, that lead to careers,” said James Dawson of the New York State Board of Regents.