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09.08.2017 Education

NYS: Riverhead’s proficiency scores dip; up at charter, SWR

Fewer students in the Riverhead Central School District achieved proficiency in 2016-17 state assessments while scores improved slightly for the Riverhead Charter School and Shoreham-Wading School District, according to...

03.29.2017 Riverhead School District

Opt-out rate decreases at Riverhead school district; up at SWR, charter school

Tuesday marked the first day of the controversial state-mandated testing at public schools across New York and the percentage of students who refused to sit for the exams in the...

08.25.2016 Riverhead School District

Low test scores at Phillips, Roanoke could mean transfers to Aquebogue

Parents of students at Phillips and Roanoke elementary schools now have the option of sending their children to Aquebogue Elementary School next month, because the state has declared both...

04.22.2016 Education

Local superintendents’ predictions on the future of state testing

For the past few years, parents and educators have rallied against the state’s latest system of so-called high-stakes testing, which ties teacher evaluations to the controversial Common Core standards....

04.22.2016 Education

Even after compromises, opt-out movement gains steam locally

In response to the large numbers of students who have opted out of state-mandated testing in previous years, New York State education officials recently compromised by agreeing to hold...

12.11.2015 Education

Changes coming to Common Core — Zeldin Amendment included

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) has confirmed that President Barack Obama signed proposed legislation Thursday that includes his own proposal, dubbed the Zeldin Amendment, which will allow states to opt out...

04.23.2015 Education

Did more outspoken leadership play a role in ‘opt out’ results?

School districts whose leaders have been most outspoken in opposing New York’s direction with public education saw more students refuse last week’s assessments, a Riverhead News-Review analysis has found.

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