Title: Fact Sheet 21-4: Facts for Parents on Opting Out of State Tests
Headings: Fact Sheet 21-4: Facts for Parents on Opting Out of State Tests For 2020-21
Fact Sheet 21-4: Facts for Parents on Opting Out of State Tests For 2020-21
HOW DO YOU OPT YOUR CHILD OUT OF THE STATE TESTS
FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR TESTING
CONSEQUENCES OF OPT-OUTS

Content: Schools must use multiple measures in making such determinations. Actions by the state Legislature and Board of Regents have minimized how the assessments can be used. Parents should ask to review the district policies for how students that opt-out will be evaluated for both AIS and placement in advanced courses. Additional details are available in the NYSUT Fact Sheet Opting Out of State Tests on the nysut.org web site. [1] ESSA also requires statewide assessments in ELA and math once in high school and grade span testing in science. [2] SED 2020-2021 SIRS Manual (page 75), http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/sirs /