Testing Resistance & Reform News: September 5 - 11, 2013

The school year is barely underway, and already many stories are appearing about the escalating resistance to testing overkill and Common Core exams.

Remember that previous issues of these weekly updates are available online at: http://www.fairtest.org/news/other

Standardized Testing Sparks Growing Grassroots Rebellion

• http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/30434155-76/standardized-students-t...
• http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=943889#.Ui2xjaLD_IU
• http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LAUSD-Education-Standardized-Tes...
• http://www.mintpressnews.com/parents-against-standardized-tests/168608/

Parents Unite Online Against School Testing

• http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130909/NEWS/309...

Upstate NY Legislators Push to Roll Back Testing Overkill

• http://www.metrowny.com/news/871-Kennedy,_Ryan_announce_upcoming_Summit_...

Are State Tests Unfair to English Language Learners?

• http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-09-07/features/os-esol-state-te...

Latino Students Cannot Afford More High-Stakes Testing by FairTest's Lisa Guisbond
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2013/09/11/latino-students-cann...

FairTest's Monty Neill on Student-Centered Learning

• http://nisce.org/montyneill/

Common Core Testing a Flawed Metric

• http://www.theislandnow.com/opinions/article_00033866-1654-11e3-b5d9-001...

Common Core Will Not Mean Less Teaching to the Test

• http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/09/05/will-new-common-standards-...

FairTest Fact Sheet on Common Core Myths

• http://fairtest.org/common-core-assessments-factsheet

Teacher Testing Push Takes Toll of Minority Candidates

• http://www.wbez.org/news/push-teacher-quality-illinois-takes-toll-minori...

Teachers Protest Start of Controversial New Evaluation System

• http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130909/park-slope/first-day-of-school-...

How Flawed Evaluation System Wronged One Great Teacher

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/08/how-one-g...

After NCLB?  Emerging Strategy Shift

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-m-ratner/after-nclb_b_3895824.html

USC Student Calls Out Michelle Rhee

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL4zOuJe0hQ

A Closer Look at What School Test Scores Really Mean

• http://www.reformer.com/opinion/ci_24046689/closer-look-at-school-test-s...

No Accountability it "School Accountability"

• http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130910/OPINION16/309100006/No-ac...

An Alternative to Test "Accountability" Based Education "Reform"

• http://www.publicschoolshakedown.org/alternative-to-education-reform

Artists Protest High-Stakes Testing

• http://m.thedailynewsonline.com/mobile/news/article_e5dd7f88-151c-11e3-8...

Google Leader: Fear-Based Testing Regimes Undermine Education Innovation

• http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/05/google-glass-creator-te...

The Case Against the SAT: Tests Don't Predict Students' Potential Success

• http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/09/06/why-the-sats-shouldnt-...

The Wrong Kind of Reform: Review of Three New Books

• http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/science/2013/09/charters...

New Book --"Teacher and Student Evaluation: The Failure of School 'Reform'"

• http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415810531/