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Test Time: State Exams This Week In Area Schools Standardized tests for grades 3 through 8 start on Wednesday, April 11 for English.The state tests for math are in May. Parents and students will have the option of "opting out" of taking the tests. More than 1 million students across the state are eligible to take the state’s English language arts and math exams. In the fourth year of the "opt-out" option last year, the number of students declining to take the tests fell slightly: to 19 percent opting out compared to 21 percent in 2016. The rates were high in 2015 as well, as reported here by Daily Voice. The state Ed…

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by Jon Craig