Latest "Opt Out" Numbers Across The State.

The explosion of students who "opted out" will not have a final number until all the school districts comply with the FOIL and publish the data.  However, enough school districts have reported (69%) to get a clear picture how successful the student "opt out"movement has been.  So far, over 183,000 students have "opted out", that's 16.1% of all students eligible to take the 3-8 grade tests.  On Long Island, approximately 43% of the students"opted out". Interestingly, the highest"opt out" rates were in solidly middle class school districts not the wealthy suburban school districts that the media would like one to believe.  This shows how the vast majority of middle class parents are concerned with the validly of the Common Core best high-stakes test on their child's well-being  To find your school's "opt out" numbers you can use this website.  Here are some of the more impressive "opt out" numbers I found.

1.  Comsewogue 82%
2. Rocky Point    77%
3. West Seneca  70%
4. Sayville         68%
5. Fairport         67%
6. Iroquois         65%
7. East Islip       63%
8. Onteora        61%
9. Lakeshore      58%
10. Mahupac       50%

There were many more school districts with over a 50% "opt out"rate but I couldn't list them all.  In one county, Chenongo students were punished for "opting out" by being forced to "sit and stare".  This policy was also employed by isolated schools in various counties  In addition, a few Superintendents wrote letters to principals asking to identify teachers who supported the "opt out"movement.  Otherwise, most school districts stayed relatively neutral on the "opt out" issue, despite the potential financial consequences.

These numbers should increase as more students tend to "opt out"of the Math based test this week.