The New York State Education Department has released opt-out rates for state assessment tests in math for the 2024-2025 school year.
You can browse opt-out rates for school districts across New York in the table below. The table shows the percentage of students in each district who opted out of math assessment tests last year.
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The tests are given annually to students in grades three through eight.
In Onondaga County, six districts had 10% or more of their students opt out of the math tests: Westhill, East Syracuse Minoa, Solvay, Jordan-Elbridge, Skaneateles and Baldwinsville.
Westhill had the highest opt-out rate in the county at 16.7%.
In the Syracuse City School District, 1% of students opted out.
Statewide, the opt-out rate for math tests last year was 11.3%.
The state released the results of last year’s assessment tests in December. You can see a ranking of districts statewide for both math and English language arts.
Statewide assessment testing has been controversial at times. Parents and teachers have long questioned how effective the scores are and whether the problems they can cause for some districts are really worth it.