NYS ALLIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
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    • NYS Test Refusal Letter 2018
    • Spanish NYS Test Refusal Letter 2018
    • 2018 Opt Out Factsheet
    • 2017 Opt Out Fact Sheet
    • Spanish Opt Out Fact Sheet
    • NYSAPE Response to Elia Toolkit
    • GrassrootsOrganizing
    • NYSAPE-CSM-ESSA-NYSED-OTL
    • NYSAPEFramework4ed
    • Superintendent Opt-Out 'Tool-Kit'
    • Did You Know Your Child Does NOT Have to Take Common Core Tests in Grades 3-8?
    • NYSAPE Sit and State/Verbal Refusal Advisory
    • Books-to-Read-DuringTestRefusalTime
    • Rebuttals to Misinformation from School Districts
  • Events/Press/Letters
    • NYSAPE SED-BOR EPIC FAIL
    • NYSAPE PR Schools NOT Penalized for Opt Outs
    • NYSAPE Local Diploma Expansion Public Comment
    • NYSAPE PR Educational and Racial Justice
    • NYSAPE PR Student Data Breach
    • NYSAPE-MPDA PR Diploma Expansion
    • NYSAPE PR ESSA - CC
    • NYSAPE PR 2017 Opt Out Results
    • ESSA Public Hearings
    • NYSAPE-PR-Remove-Elia
    • NYSAPE-PR-OptOut2017
    • NYSAPE-CSM-SED-PrivacyIssue
    • NYSED-Survey-Mtg-OTL-alert
    • NYSAPE-Memo-SED-ESSA-TestRefusals
    • NYSAPE-PR-Cuomo-DeVos-Budget
    • NYSAPE Post Election
    • NYSAPE PR CC Revisions Response
    • NYSAPE ESSA Public Comments to NYSED
    • NYSAPE Grad Req Public Comments to NYSED
    • NYSAPE ESSA Public Comments to USDOE
    • NYSAPE PR Score Analysis
    • NYSAPE PR Opt Out 16 Results
    • NYSAPE Mulgrew Response
    • NYSAPE PR Albany Refused To Fix Ed Laws
    • NYSAPE PR Fix Broken Laws
    • NYSAPE PR Elia Test Policy
    • NYSAPE Press Release School State Aid Loss
    • NYC Press Conference
    • NYSAPE PR Support New Ed Legislation
    • NYSAPE Chancellor Election
    • NYSAPE Response to HANY
    • NYSAPE PR Regent Candidates Support
    • NYSAPE Regent Candidates
    • NYSAPE Response to Tim Kremer NYSSBA
    • NYSAPE Press Release BOR Leadership
    • NYSAPE CCM Reaction Data Privacy
    • NYSAPE PR Board Regent Candidates
    • Board of Regents Candidate Info
    • NYSAPE Funding Response to USDOE
    • NYSAPE Press Release CC Taskforce
    • NYSAPE Press Release Survey Results
    • NYSAPE CC Survey Results
    • NYSAPE PR Elia Survey
    • NYSAPE PR Response to Obama
    • NYSAPE Duncan King Response
    • NYSAPE Press Release Cuomo Task Force Response
    • NYSAPE Press Release - Parents Respond to Cuomo-Tisch-Elia
    • NYSAPE Objects to Permanent Adoption of Flawed APPR Scheme
    • NYSAPE Press Release 2015 Scores
    • NYSAPE-Elia-Mtg-Recap
    • EliaMeetingHandout080415
    • NYSAPE Press Release No Relief in Sight Opt Out Will Grow
    • NYSAPE-PR-STOP CUOMO EDUCATION TAX CREDIT SCHEME
    • Albany Continues to Ignore Parents Ensuring the Opt­Out Movement Will Grow
    • NYSAPE-PR-NY-Parents-Have-Spoken
    • NYSAPE Public Service Announcement on CBS
    • New York State Parents Reject Proposed Legislation that Does Nothing to Protect Students
    • Thousands of Parents Stand Together to Reject Governor Cuomo’s
    • NYSAPE Members Addressing the NYS Legislature
    • NYSAPE Comments on ESEA Draft Legislation
    • NYSAPE FOIL Request for State Aid Budget Figures
    • New Yorkers Call for an Immediate Independent Investigation of Governor Cuomo
    • Press Release - Response to Governor's Letter on Public Education
    • NYSAPE Response Letter to Governor on Public Education
    • Parents and Educators Erupt in Anger Against Governor Cuomo's Vow to "Break" Our Public School System
    • 250,000 High-Stakes Test Boycotts Planned Statewide: NYS Parents Fight to Reclaim Student Education from Excessive Testing and Data Collection
    • Governor Cuomo’s Education Positions Aligned to Privatize Public Education
    • Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & Pearson
    • Parents Outraged by APPR Albany Deal that Ignores the Children
    • State Test Refusals are exploding as Parents Discover Legislature Brings No Relief
    • NYSAPE Calls for End to Verbal Refusal Policies
    • New Yorkers Moved the Needle on the Board of Regents Vote & Process, but Not Enough
    • NYS Assembly Bill to Rein in “Regents’ Education Reform Agenda” is a Starting Point, but Not Nearly Enough
    • School Policies Regarding Test Refusals in Some NYS Districts Equate to Corporal Punishment for Students
    • NYSAPE Urges Legislators to Cast No Vote for Incumbents at Board of Regents Election if Nominated
    • Parents and Educators Outraged by Regents Unwillingness to Assume Responsibility and Change Course
    • New Yorker's Outraged by Governor's Flawed Common Core Panel
    • NYS Leadership Falls Short to Reverse Course of the Flawed Regent Education Reforms
    • NYSAPE Endorses Full Slate of Candidates for the Board of Regents
    • NYSAPE Reacts to NYSUT's Vote of No Confidence in Education Commissioner John King
    • NYS Allies for Public Education Endorses New Candidates for the Board of Regents
    • Governor Cuomo Continues to Avoid Addressing New Yorkers on Public Education
    • Community Forum Series - "Public Education Now: Reform and Resistance in NYS"
    • Senator Flanagan's Proposed Legislation Insult to the People of New York
    • New Yorkers Call on Governor Cuomo to Step Up to the Plate
    • Parents Demand More Accountability in the Appointment of Members of the Board of Regents
    • Parents Request Formal Public Meeting With NYS Board of Regents - Nov. 6, 2013
    • Twenty-Two Teachers' Unions Support Call for Education Commissioners Resignation
    • Past events
  • Take Action
    • ActionAlertNYSED-BOR-STOP-MISINFORMATION
    • Remove Commissioner Elia
    • Support OTL NY ESSA Plan
    • Education Legislation Action Alert
    • Field Test Action Alert
    • Support Ed Legislation to Repair Public Education
    • NYSAPE Legislative Agenda
    • Student Data Privacy Action Alert
    • Regents Position Paper
    • Legislators MUST Vote NO to Budget bill
    • Protect Our Schools Campaign
    • Resolution to Support the “I Refuse” Movement
    • Contact Your Legislators to Attend Regent Interviews
    • Demand Albany Stop Governor Cuomo and Chancellor Tisch's Assault on Public Education
    • Stop Mandatory Stand-alone Field Tests
    • DEMAND Education Commissioner John King and Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch RESIGN
    • Regents Vote Scorecard
    • Scorecard For Board of Regents Vote and ACTION ALERT
    • Local PTA's Supporting Informational Meetings On Opting-Out of State Tests
    • Action Alert - Cuomo Must Step Up to the Plate
    • Support Call for Commissioner John King's Resignation
    • Action Alert - John King Must Resign
    • Resignation of NYS Education Commissioner John King
    • Return to Sender, statewide drive
    • Resolutions Against Testing
  • Student Data Privacy
  • FAQ's
    • If My Child Refuses State Tests Will My School Lose Funding?
    • If My Child Refuses State Tests Will My School Become an LAP?
  • Other Resources
    • The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3
  • Press Release: Launch of NYS Allies - August 23, 2013
  • NYSAPE Objects to Permanent Adoption of Flawed APPR Scheme
  • NYSAPE Objects to Permanent Adoption of Flawed APPR Scheme
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Other Resources:
Alliance for Quality Education

Coalition For Better Education

Lace to the Top

Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents

The Justice Foundation

The National Center for Fair and Open Testing 

The Network for Public Education

United Opt Out National - New York


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