According to a survey from Columbia University, only three-quarters of parents who consider themselves to be in the opt-out movement actually opted their child out of standardized testing. More than ...

The United Federation of Teachers has long had a reputation as one of New York City’s most militant and well-organized unions. But when it comes to the opt-out movement – the growing number of city ...

School administrators don’t like it, but parents across the state have spoken. The popularity of high-stakes testing has reached an all-time low, and the opt-out movement has arrived in full force.

In less than two months, students across New York state will pick up their pencils and sit for math and English state assessments. But what will the state do if, like last year, thousands of families ...

If you were looking for a sign that the reported truce in the war over New York’s annual public school tests wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, you might have gotten one earlier this month. That’s ...

The opt out movement that has blossomed in recent months strikes me as fascinating; it is a superb example of citizens understanding something better than the politicians that are supposed to lead ...

ATLANTA -- Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance. This "opt-out" ...

Nataly Grant hoped her son could have a fresh start after he arrived at Houston ISD's Crockett Elementary as a first grader. The push for school accountability and the opt-out movement are both tied ...

In this Thursday, April 16, 2015 photo, Meredith Barber poses with her daughter Gabrielle Schwager, 10, at their home in Penn Valley, Pa. Barber, a psychologist from the Philadelphia suburb of Penn ...

This "opt-out" movement remains scattered but is growing fast in some parts of the country. Some superintendents in New York are reporting that 60 percent or even 70 percent of their students are ...