Math test refusals hold steady compared to ELA opt-out rates in March
The amount of students who refused to take state-mandated math assessments this week is similar to the English Language Arts opt-out rates in March, according to local school district officials.
Nearly 77 percent of Shoreham-Wading River school district students opted out of the assessments. In Riverhead, about 32 percent of students refused to sit for the exams.
About 34 percent of Riverhead Charter School students declined to take the assessments.
Below is a break down of refusals by grade for each district.
Riverhead Central School District
| School | Grade | Total Students | Refusals | Percent Refusals |
| Aquebogue | 3 | 90 | 17 | 19% |
| Aquebogue | 4 | 99 | 40 | 40% |
| Phillips | 3 | 128 | 7 | 5% |
| Phillips | 4 | 127 | 18 | 14% |
| Riley | 3 | 115 | 36 | 31% |
| Riley | 4 | 132 | 48 | 36% |
| Roanoke | 3 | 72 | 2 | 3% |
| Roanoke | 4 | 69 | 10 | 14% |
| Pulaski | 5 | 406 | 157 | 39% |
| Pulaski | 6 | 414 | 174 | 42% |
| RMS | 7 | 418 | 138 | 33% |
| RMS | 8 | 222 | 88 | 40% |
| District Total | 2292 | 735 | 32% |
Riverhead Charter School
| Grade | Total Students | Refusals | Percent Refusals |
| 3 | 44 | 16 | 36% |
| 4 | 45 | 10 | 22% |
| 5 | 43 | 23 | 53% |
| 6 | 46 | 9 | 20% |
| 7 | 22 | 10 | 45% |
| 8 | 24 | 8 | 33% |
| Total | 224 | 76 | 34% |
Shoreham-Wading River
| Grade | Total Students Eligible | Number of Refusals | Percent Refusals |
| 3 | 151 | 111 | 73.5% |
| 4 | 162 | 121 | 74.7% |
| 5 | 167 | 127 | 76.0% |
| 6 | 192 | 152 | 72.9% |
| 7 | 187 | 147 | 78.6% |
| 8* | 36 | 35 | 97.2% |
| Total | 895 | 693 | 77.4% |
*Most eighth grade students took the Algebra I Regents exam instead of math assessments.
