diff --git a/sdk/.rubocop.yml b/sdk/.rubocop.yml
index 2764094cd..377119fd5 100644
--- a/sdk/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/sdk/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 AllCops:
   TargetRubyVersion: '2.4.0'
 
+Metrics/BlockLength:
+  Enabled: false
 Metrics/LineLength:
   Enabled: false
 Metrics/ParameterLists:
diff --git a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor.rb b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor.rb
index 09da64360..11520eaa2 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor.rb
+++ b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Copyright 2019 OpenTelemetry Authors
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-require 'thread'
 
 module OpenTelemetry
   module SDK
@@ -45,10 +44,12 @@ def on_start(span)
 
           # adds a span to the batcher, threadsafe may block on lock
           def on_end(span)
+            return unless span.recorded?
+
             lock do
               spans.shift if spans.size >= max_queue_size
               spans << span
-              @condition.signal if spans.size > max_queue_size/2
+              @condition.signal if spans.size > max_queue_size / 2
             end
           end
 
@@ -72,13 +73,10 @@ def work
               keep_running = nil
               batch = nil
               lock do
-                if  spans.size < max_queue_size
-                  loop do
-                    break if !spans.empty? || !@keep_running
-                    @condition.wait(@mutex, @delay)
-                  end
+                if spans.size < max_queue_size
+                  @condition.wait(@mutex, @delay) while spans.empty? && @keep_running
+                  keep_running = @keep_running
                 end
-                keep_running = @keep_running
                 batch = fetch_batch
               end
               # this is done outside the lock to unblock the producers
@@ -89,15 +87,14 @@ def work
           end
 
           def flush
-            until spans.empty? do
-              @exporter.export(fetch_batch)
-            end
+            @exporter.export(fetch_batch) until spans.empty?
           end
 
           def fetch_batch
             batch = []
             loop do
               break if batch.size >= @batch_size || spans.empty?
+
               batch << spans.shift.to_span_proto
             end
             batch
diff --git a/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec b/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec
index f9c228f5b..acd52b564 100644
--- a/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec
+++ b/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 12.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.73.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.17'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'yard-doctest', '~> 0.1.6'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.17'
 end
diff --git a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor_test.rb b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor_test.rb
index 8bc3c0ff0..b10af3ae7 100644
--- a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor_test.rb
+++ b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/batch_sampled_span_processor_test.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ def batches
     end
   end
 
+  class TestSpan
+    def initialize(id = nil, recorded = true)
+      @id = id
+      @recorded = recorded
+    end
+
+    attr_reader :id
+
+    def recorded?
+      @recorded
+    end
+
+    def to_span_proto
+      self
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'lifecycle' do
     it 'should stop and start correctly' do
       bsp = BatchSampledSpanProcessor.new(exporter: TestExporter.new)
@@ -28,26 +45,43 @@ def batches
     it 'should flush everything on shutdown' do
       te = TestExporter.new
       bsp = BatchSampledSpanProcessor.new(exporter: te, max_queue_size: 3)
-      bsp.on_end('foo')
+      ts = TestSpan.new
+      bsp.on_end(ts)
 
       bsp.shutdown
 
-      te.batches.must_equal [['foo']]
+      te.batches.must_equal [[ts]]
     end
   end
 
   describe 'batching' do
-    it 'should batch up to the max_batch' do
+    it 'should batch up to but not over the max_batch' do
       te = TestExporter.new
 
       bsp = BatchSampledSpanProcessor.new(exporter: te, max_queue_size: 6, max_export_batch_size: 3)
 
-      bsp.on_end('1')
-      bsp.on_end('2')
-      bsp.on_end('3')
+      tss = [[TestSpan.new, TestSpan.new, TestSpan.new, TestSpan.new]]
+      bsp.on_end(tss[0][0])
+      bsp.on_end(tss[0][1])
+      bsp.on_end(tss[0][2])
+      bsp.on_end(tss[0][3])
       bsp.shutdown
 
       te.batches[0].size.must_equal(3)
+      te.batches[1].size.must_equal(1)
+    end
+
+    it 'should batch only recorded samples' do
+      te = TestExporter.new
+
+      bsp = BatchSampledSpanProcessor.new(exporter: te, max_queue_size: 6, max_export_batch_size: 3)
+
+      tss = [[TestSpan.new, TestSpan.new(nil, false)]]
+      bsp.on_end(tss[0][0])
+      bsp.on_end(tss[0][1])
+      bsp.shutdown
+
+      te.batches[0].size.must_equal(1)
     end
   end
 
@@ -60,15 +94,15 @@ def batches
         Thread.new do
           x = i * 10
           0.upto(9) do |j|
-            bsp.on_end(x + j)
+            bsp.on_end(TestSpan.new(x + j))
           end
-          sleep(rand 0.01)
+          sleep(rand(0.01))
         end
       end
       producers.each(&:join)
       bsp.shutdown
 
-      out = te.batches.flatten.sort
+      out = te.batches.flatten.map(&:id).sort
 
       expected = 0.upto(99).map { |i| i }