Anti-testing advocates meeting here to advance their cause tossed around a list of protest strategies: Twitter campaigns, parent test-taking parties, quiet conversations in the teachers’ lounge, ...

The "opt-out bill" that has garnered debate over parents' ability to control whether their kids take certain school tests died Monday by an overwhelming majority in the House. House Bill 1283 had lost ...

HealthDay News — “Opt-out” testing could significantly increase the number of patients who agree to be tested for HIV, according to research published online in The BMJ. The study, which involved 4 ...

The parents who organized a record-breaking boycott of state tests last year say the commissioner’s latest effort to alter state tests is not nearly enough. In response to widespread criticism of ...

The Opt Out movement, which encourages parents to pull their children out of the yearly standardized testing regimen, is alive and well, though you wouldn’t know it in Arizona. Two opt out bills were ...

Louisiana could soon allow some high schoolers to opt out of the ACT, a college-readiness test the state has long required students to take as part of a push to promote higher education. Current state ...

The New York State Education Department has released opt-out rates on state assessment tests in math for the 2023-2024 school year. You can browse and search opt-out rates for school districts across ...

The New York State Education Department has released opt-out rates on English language arts state assessment tests for the 2023-2024 school year. You can browse and search opt-out rates for school ...