The Common Core math tests began Wednesday, and many students have opted out of the exam. The math tests are given to kids in third through eighth grade. When the English tests were given earlier this ...

Officials say opt-out numbers are expected to soar after Wednesday's Common Core math tests were administered for students in grades three through eight. Last week, the group Long Island Opt Out says ...

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused Tuesday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts ...

Wednesday students across New York finished their first day of Common Core State Math assessments. 3rd through 8th graders took the English language portion of the exams last week, and many districts ...

Wide-ranging boycotts of the state Common Core math test showed no sign of abating in Long Island’s public schools, as more than 90,000 students refused to take the exam this week, a Newsday survey ...