Newsletter Archives

A note on the Archive issues – up until 2005 Articles in the Examiner were dated as Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall. Post 2005 and for the purposes of searching on this website they are organized by the actual month they were published. When searching pre-2005 articles use the following key:

Winter = January
Spring = April
Summer = June
Fall = October

MonthYearSubject
IssueTitleSubject
Mar 2009Dangers and Opportunities in Federal Stimulus Law
K-12 Testing
Mar 2009Britain Fires U.S. Testing Firm for Massive Scoring Errors
University Testing
Mar 2009Texas Superintendents Reject High-Stakes Testing, Propose New Vision
K-12 Testing
Mar 2009U.C. Drops SAT Subject Tests
University Testing
Mar 2009State Exam Changes Hold Promise, Peril
K-12 Testing
Mar 2009Welcome from Executive Director Jesse Mermell
FairTest News
Mar 2009New Initiatives Undermine Exam-Maker Credibility
University Testing
Mar 2009Teachers Boycott Tests
K-12 Testing
Mar 2009Test-Optional Admissions List Tops 815
University Testing
Dec 2008Improving Accountability: A Review of Grading Education
K-12 Testing
Dec 2008After Obama Win, What Next for NCLB?
K-12 Testing
Dec 2008Who’s in touch on NCLB? The Aspenites or FairTest and the Rest?
K-12 Testing
Dec 2008College Admissions Leaders Embrace Testing Reform Agenda
University Testing
Dec 2008SAT Losing Market-Share To ACT, Test-Optional Colleges
University Testing
Dec 2008Welcome from FairTest Executive Director Jesse Mermell
FairTest News
Dec 2008New FairTest Fact Sheets
K-12 Testing
Dec 2008Continuing State Battles Over High-Stakes Testing
K-12 Testing
Dec 2008"Assessment for Learning Around the World"
K-12 Testing
Dec 2008Rural Assembly Says Abolish High-Stakes Testing
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008Test-Optional Movement Continues to Accelerate
University Testing
Jul 2008Georgia Test Fiasco Leads to Some Changes
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008New NCLB Regulations Proposed
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008“New” SAT – Same as Old Test, Only Longer and More Expensive
University Testing
Jul 2008Researchers Document High-Stakes Testing Damage, Shortcomings
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008Proposals for Overhauling NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008National Urban League on NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008Changes to State Assessment Systems
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008Childhood vs NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008Individual Acts of Resistance
K-12 Testing
Jul 2008GMAT Cheating Scandal Illustrates Computerized Testing Vulnerability
University Testing
Jul 2008Greetings from Executive Director Jesse Mermell
FairTest News
Jul 2008Pennsylvanians Force Delay in Grad Test Proposal; Battles Continue in Other States
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008Moving Every Child Ahead
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008U Cal May Drop SAT Subject Tests
University Testing
Apr 2008Texas Accountability System Causes "Avoidable Losses," Study Finds
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008Test Optional Success Stories
University Testing
Apr 2008Free Book on IQ Testing
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008May Will Bloom with Exhibitions around the Nation
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008Testing: The Real Crisis in Education
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008Education Groups Deepen Proposals for NCLB Overhaul
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008Welcome from Jesse Mermell, FairTest Executive Director
FairTest News
Apr 2008Holding NCLB Accountable
K-12 Testing
Apr 2008Exit Exam Battles Continue
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008Independent Test Results Show NCLB Failing
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008NCLB Update
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008More Than 755 Colleges Now “Test-Optional”
University Testing
Jan 2008Identifying Successful Schools for Low Income and Minority Group Students
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008Legal Victory Against NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008Redesigned FairTest Website
FairTest News
Jan 2008A Victory: Head Start Reauthorization Drops Flawed Testing
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008What the Presidential Candidates Say About NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008Welcome Jesse Mermell, new FairTest Executive Director
FairTest News
Jan 2008IRS Investigation of Test-Maker Pay Sought
University Testing
Jan 2008Battles Continue Over Graduation Tests
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008Worth Reading
K-12 Testing
Jan 2008Spellings Backs Away From College “Accountability” Testing
University Testing
Jan 2008Graduation Tests Do Not Work
K-12 Testing
Dec 2007Testing Hurts Teaching and Learning
K-12 Testing
Dec 2007Experimental Items Added to GRE
University Testing
Oct 2007NCLB Polls: The More People Know, the More They Want Change
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007In Memoriam: Asa Hilliard III
FairTest News
Oct 2007Battles Roil NCLB Reauthorization
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Exit Exam Update: MD, CA
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007New Evidence Strengthens Claim that Testing Narrows Curriculum
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Test Optional List Soars Past 750, Nears "Critical Mass"
University Testing
Oct 2007Hundreds Protest Louisiana Tests
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007No Child Left Behind Reform: What's the Alternative?
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007NCLB Reauthorization: The Battle Over Content
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007NAEP Results Show Children Still Left Behind Under NCLB
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Tested, by Linda Perlstein
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007SAT Scores Decline, ACT Average Up Slightly
University Testing
Oct 2007$3 Million Settlement for SAT Scoring Error
University Testing
Oct 2007Accountability Frankenstein
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007What's the Value of Growth Measures?
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007High School Grades Outperform SAT
University Testing
Jul 2007British Panel: Abolish National Tests Under 16
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Public Agrees NCLB Needs Overhaul
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Worth Reading: Reports and Articles
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007FairTest Interns
FairTest News
Jul 2007Locally-based Performance Assessment
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Florida Test Scoring Error Highlights Exam Flaws
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007High School Grades Outperform SAT
University Testing
Jul 2007Texas Maintains Top 10% Admissions
University Testing
Jul 2007Would Foreign Students Score Proficient on NAEP?
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007National Exhibition Month: A Better Way to Assess
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Assessment Experts Call for NCLB Overhaul
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Inflating NAEP's Importance Would Deflate Validity of NCLB 'Yardstick'
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007New FairTest Board Members
FairTest News
Jul 2007Nebraska System to Remain Largely Unchanged
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007NCLB Debate Heats Up in Congress
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Four More Colleges Go Test Optional
University Testing
Jul 2007Public Safety Hiring Tests Challenged
Jul 2007Exit Exam Update: Alaska, California, Texas, Massachusetts and Washington
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Cheating Cases Continue to Proliferate
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Exit Exam Update: MD, WA, MA, CA, PA
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Test Glitch Disrupts Computerized MCAT
University Testing
Apr 2007Test Optional List Tops 735
University Testing
Apr 2007Colorado Educators: NCLB Won't Work
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007SAT Exam "Recycling" Causes Test-Security Fiasco
University Testing
Apr 2007A New Paradigm: Balanced Accountability
K-12 Testing