Common Core math tests start
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 month, as many as 15,000 Long Island students opted out.
The state recently banned the standardized tests from being part of a student's permanent record.
'We had absolutely no idea what happened to her' What began as a desperate hunt for Shannan Gilbert in the marshes near Gilgo Beach became, in three astonishing days in December 2010, the unmasking of a possible serial killer. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed has more.
'We had absolutely no idea what happened to her' What began as a desperate hunt for Shannan Gilbert in the marshes near Gilgo Beach became, in three astonishing days in December 2010, the unmasking of a possible serial killer. NewsdayTV's Doug Geed has more.
