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
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
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
Dec 2007Experimental Items Added to GRE
University Testing
Dec 2007Testing Hurts Teaching and Learning
K-12 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 2007Tested, by Linda Perlstein
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Battles Roil NCLB Reauthorization
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Exit Exam Update: MD, CA
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007No Child Left Behind Reform: What's the Alternative?
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Accountability Frankenstein
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007Test Optional List Soars Past 750, Nears "Critical Mass"
University Testing
Oct 2007Hundreds Protest Louisiana Tests
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007NCLB Reauthorization: The Battle Over Content
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007New Evidence Strengthens Claim that Testing Narrows Curriculum
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007NAEP Results Show Children Still Left Behind Under NCLB
K-12 Testing
Oct 2007SAT Scores Decline, ACT Average Up Slightly
University Testing
Oct 2007$3 Million Settlement for SAT Scoring Error
University Testing
Jul 2007Four More Colleges Go Test Optional
University Testing
Jul 2007New FairTest Board Members
FairTest News
Jul 2007Inflating NAEP's Importance Would Deflate Validity of NCLB 'Yardstick'
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Nebraska System to Remain Largely Unchanged
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Public Safety Hiring Tests Challenged
Teacher & Employment Testing
Jul 2007FairTest Interns
FairTest News
Jul 2007Exit Exam Update: Alaska, California, Texas, Massachusetts and Washington
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007NCLB Debate Heats Up in Congress
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Cheating Cases Continue to Proliferate
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 2007Texas Maintains Top 10% Admissions
University Testing
Jul 2007Public Agrees NCLB Needs Overhaul
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Worth Reading: Reports and Articles
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Locally-based Performance Assessment
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007High School Grades Outperform SAT
University Testing
Jul 2007Florida Test Scoring Error Highlights Exam Flaws
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Would Foreign Students Score Proficient on NAEP?
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007Assessment Experts Call for NCLB Overhaul
K-12 Testing
Jul 2007National Exhibition Month: A Better Way to Assess
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007A New Paradigm: Balanced Accountability
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Nebraska Points the Way Forward
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007NCLB Legislative Battles Begin
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Exit Exam Update: MD, WA, MA, CA, PA
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Now Is the Time for NCLB Forums, Rallies
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Test Glitch Disrupts Computerized MCAT
University Testing
Apr 2007New FairTest Co-Director
FairTest News
Apr 2007Colorado Educators: NCLB Won't Work
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007SAT Exam "Recycling" Causes Test-Security Fiasco
University Testing
Apr 2007Bumper Crop of Proposals to Revise NCLB
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007"New" GRE Cancellation Reveals ETS Flaws
University Testing
Apr 2007Virginia Senators Back School Boards on ELL Testing
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Collateral Damage
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Test Optional List Tops 735
University Testing
Apr 2007Polls: Teachers Reject NCLB
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Burgeoning Support for Joint Statement on NCLB
K-12 Testing
Apr 2007Headline News: "Our Kids Are Tested to Death"
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Rethinking Accountability
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007SAT Scoring Error Lawsuit, Regulatory Legislation Advance
University Testing
Jan 2007More than 100 Groups Sign on to NCLB Joint Statement
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007NCLB Reforms for Disabled Students
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007States Investigating Test Fraud
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007National Test Scheme Resurfaces
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Wyoming Steers Clear of Exit Exams
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007National Merit Gender Gap Will Narrow
University Testing
Jan 2007Co-Director Search Continued
FairTest News
Jan 2007ELL Challenge Shows NCLB's Absurdities
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Worth Reading
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007NCLB Steals Time from Teaching
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Exit Exam Update: WA, TX, CA, AZ, MA
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007LSAT Revisions On the Way
University Testing
Jan 2007NCLB Neither Spurs Improvement Nor Prevents Failure
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Review: Holding Values
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Religious Groups Take On NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Accountability in Higher Ed
K-16 Testing
Jan 2007Chicago Reforms Provide Lessons to Nation, NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007College Boards Admits SAT "Writing" Test Can be Coached
University Testing
Jan 2007Fordham Institute Fudges Standards
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Wales Drops Most Standardized Testing
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007College Admissions Counselors Bar Test Score Based Scholarships
University Testing
Jan 2007Efforts to Overhaul NCLB
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Teachers Refuse Test-based Bonuses
K-12 Testing
Jan 2007Two More Colleges Drop ACT/SAT Requirements
University Testing
Jan 2007Is NAEP a Fair and Valid Benchmark?
K-12 Testing
Oct 2006NCLB Tutoring Provision Diverts and Detracts from Programs that Work
K-12 Testing
Oct 2006Test-Optional Admissions List Surges
University Testing
Oct 2006Nebraska Wins Battle with Feds
K-12 Testing
Oct 2006Testing Errors Proliferate
K-12 Testing
Oct 2006PRAXIS Miscoring Lawsuit Settlement Approved with More Money for Plaintiffs
Teacher & Employment Testing