State tests resume on Wednesday when math exams will be administered to third through eighth graders, and some New York City parents are pledging once again to opt their kids out.

On Tuesday afternoon, a coalition of parents from a group called NYC Opt Out gathered in Prospect Park to explain why they refuse to have their kids participate in standardized testing.

Janet Barad and Douglas Merrifield, whose son Lucas is a fifth grader attending P.S. 107, held a poster that read “Question the Motive.” Although their son has performed well on tests, they opted Lucas out of taking Wednesday’s math test. Barad said that while tests can be an effective way to assess how students are doing, “[using] them as a way of unfairly evaluating teachers is wrong.” Merrifield also said testing narrows the focus of the curriculum.

Amy Plattsmier, whose kids attend Brooklyn New School and M.S. 51 in Park Slope, is also opting her children out of state testing. She was initially scared that the decision would affect her fifth-grade daughter’s middle school applications, so she called every middle school in her district. “They all said they weren’t looking at them,” she said, “so that helped me make my decision.”

Parents at the demonstration said that based on their conversations with other parents, they believe three times more students are opting out of state tests this year compared to last, and that the trend is affecting twice the number of schools.

Barad and Merrifield are still waiting to hear back about Lucas’s middle school applications, but at this point, Merrifield is not worried about any possible repercussions from his choice to opt out. “My son will learn wherever he is,” Merrifield said, “and I will make sure he learns.”