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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/248-li-principals-join-protest-against-over-testing-1.6449414

More than 500 principals from across the state -- nearly half from Long Island -- have joined the movement against the newly revised state assessments, saying that students are being tested too much with no clear benefit to their education.

In an open letter to parents from New York State principals and written by local principals including Sean Feeney of The Wheatley School in Old Westbury and Carol Burris of South Side High School, the group outlines 11 problems they see with the state assessments and cautions about the tests' future impact.

"Under current conditions, we fear that the hasty implementation of [b]unpiloted assessments[/b] will continue to cause more harm than good," read the letter drafted last month. It has 3,160 signatures, including 248 principals from Long Island.

This latest missive against the more rigorous Common Core learning standards and the high-stakes testing associated with it follows a week where top state education officials faced irate parents, teachers and others in two community forums on Long Island.

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I don't blame people in NY for opposing the NY tests.   It sounds like they were rushed through, are poorly written, and worst of all, didn't go through a piloting process.

The PARCC assessments coming to MD and other states ins 2014 is going through the pilot process this year. In addition any schools that want to participate in the testing and give feedback this year can also do so.[/quote]

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