http://ift.tt/eA8V8J On Wednesday, March 30, at a press conference scheduled for New York City Hall, a coalition of opt-out groups will demand that School Chancellor Carmen Fariña take steps to inform parents of their Opt Out rights. According to NYS Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE) there has been "Enough with inequitable access to information; enough with partial and outright misinformation; enough with the talking points from State ED! ALL parents should have CLEAR and ACCURATE information so PARENTS can make an informed decision about whether their child should take the state tests." State Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) testing starts Tuesday April 5 and lasts for three days. Math tests will be administered over a three-day period starting April 13. The group charges that principals have been denying parents their legal right to pull their children out of the tests; that the school system makes "vague and unsubstantiated threats about the consequence...