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Current high school juniors planning to apply to college next year can
relax a bit -- see the new list
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See U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman, civil rights leaders, academic experts, and assessment reform activists explain why the federal government and states should cancel Spring 2021 standardized exams.
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Forcing public schools to administer standardized exams to students after COVID-19 disruptions would produce invalid and unfair results while diverting resources from real educational needs. Both individuals and organizations can sign the online petition to education policymakers at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/suspend-high-stakes-student-testing and use this tool to organize locally.
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Scores from the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) are not good predictors of success in many graduate school programs, according to leaders of an effort to reduce reliance on test results launched today.
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The number of states requiring high school graduation exams in language arts and math has declined rapidly over the past few years. Only eleven states have graduation tests in place for the high school class of 2020, down from a high of 27 that had or planned such tests. The current number is the lowest level since at least the mid-1990s.
See our updated fact sheet: Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams
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Students and families from across the U.S., whose Advanced Placement (AP) responses could not be submitted during last week’s exams due to the test-makers technology problems, have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court seeking to force AP’s sponsor, the College Board, to score their answers. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), whose staff spent many hours documenting and publicizing students’ experiences, joined the plaintiffs in seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the College Board.
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1,380+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions
