Assessment policies have long been heavily influenced by ideologues from across the political spectrum — the support of “No Child Left Behind” by groups like the so-called Democrats for Education Reform and Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Educational Excellence is just one example. In the current climate of ultra-politicized debates, however, standardized testing has become a tool of cultural warfare. Candidates who want to show they are “tough” on teachers and oppose equity initiatives are now pushing for even harsher test-and-punish schemes. Of course, assessment reformers are fighting back — often with notable successes — but it is clearly “game on” for the 2022 mid-term elections!
AlabamaState Considers Updating High SchoolGraduation Requirement
https://www.al.com/educationlab/2022/08/alabama-considers-adding-new-high-school-graduation-requirement.html
California Educators Say State Tests Don’t Measure Student Success
https://www.10news.com/news/back-to-school/california-educators-state-testing-doesnt-measure-student-success
California What It Really Takes to Get All Students Reading at “Grade Level”
https://edsource.org/2022/what-it-will-take-to-get-all-california-students-reading-at-grade-level/676934
Florida New State Mandated “Performance Monitoring” Tests Will Be Administered During Initial Weeks of School
https://www.wcjb.com/2022/08/16/new-state-issued-standardized-test-be-administered-soon-next-week/
Louisiana State Board Seeks to Manipulate School Grading Formula
https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/the-quantification-shuffle-la-bese-looking-to-change-school-grading-formula-in-2025-26/
Massachusetts Raising High School Grad Test Score Requirement Rule Comes at Terrible Moment
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/08/17/raising-mcas-graduation-requirement-comes-at-a-terrible-moment-advocate-says
New Hampshire Plan to Use Federal Tuition Aid for College Admissions Test Prep Tutoring
https://www.concordmonitor.com/State-seeks-to-use-federal-funding-for-SAT-ACT-tutoring-47645220
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Reinstates Minimum Test Score Requirement for Magnet School Admissions
https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/8/17/23309198/philadelphia-selective-schools-standardized-test-scores-cutoffs-student-performance?
Virginia Critics Say Test Scores Are Being Used to Politicize Education
https://www.dailypress.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-education-state-testing-20220821-j6qnv5bgijgqdjmn3uder7uc34-story.html
International Canada’s Manitoba Province Pulls Plug on Grade 12 Exit Exam
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/manitoba-pulls-the-plug-on-grade-12-exams/ar-AA10RAbe
University Admissions ACT/SAT-Optional: The Future Is Now!
https://read.nxtbook.com/nacac/the_journal_of_college_admiss/summer_2022/inflection_point_is_test_opti.html
Employment Testing Social Workers Protest Against Biased Licensing Exam
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/08/social-work-licensing-license-exam-passing-rate-nonwhites-asian-hispanic-age-association-of-social-work-boards-aswb-native-american-indigenous