California Los Angeles Teachers Want More Money and Less Testing
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/newsletter/2022-12-06/los-angeles-teachers-rally-pay-hike-todays-headlines
Pandemic Era Test Scores Do Not Define Students
https://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/articles/test-scores-are-important-but-dont-define-students/
Colorado Changes Planned to School Accountability System
https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/12/1/23488845/colorado-school-rating-changes-accountability-framework-on-track-growth
Colorado Denver Seeks Parent, Student Input for New Public School Data Dashboard
https://co.chalkbeat.org/2022/11/30/23487006/denver-school-dashboard-advisory-committee-applications-spf
Debate Over Accountability System Audit Findings
https://www.cpr.org/2022/12/12/audit-colorado-school-performance-evaluation/
Illinois Chicago Considers Ending Test-Score Based Grade Retention
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2022/12/6/23497186/chicago-public-schools-promotion-policy-grade-retention
Indiana Multiple-Measures Dashboard May Replace A-to-F School Grading System
https://in.chalkbeat.org/2022/12/6/23497060/indiana-school-dashboard-graduates-outcomes-employment-college-digital-literacy-data
Massachusetts Assessment Reform is a Top Priority for State Teachers’ Union
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/statehouse/right-to-strike-mcas-reform-among-priorities-for-coming-year-for-massachusetts-teachers-unions/article_d0225962-7768-11ed-be3c-7fb3df029e7f.html
Michigan Educators Criticize State for Requiring Students to Take SAT “Writing” Test
https://www.lenconnect.com/story/news/education/2022/12/05/michigan-writing-sat-other-states-drop/69697418007/
Black and Low-Income Children More Likely to Be Held Back Under New Third-Grade Promotion Test Law
https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2022/12/6/23496748/michigan-third-grade-reading-retention-held-back
Mississippi State Offers New Options to Obtain High School Equivalency Diploma By Combining Scores From Multiple Tests
https://yallpolitics.com/2022/12/01/mississippi-community-college-board-announces-new-option-to-earn-high-school-equivalency-diploma/
New Jersey Legislators Hear Pleas to Reduce Standardized Testing Overki
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/12/07/lawmakers-hear-plea-for-fewer-standardized-tests-in-school/
New Mexico State Relaxes High School Graduation Testing Requirements
https://www.abqjournal.com/2554902/nm-students-graduating-in-2024-wont-have-to-worry-about-certain-test-scores-affecting-their-graduation-chances.html
New York Regents Exams Could Lose High-Stakes Consequences
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/47029/20221213/is-it-time-to-end-regents-exams-ny-to-weigh-other-paths-to-graduation
Regents Graduation Test is an Antiquated, Pointless Hurdle
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/letters/regents-exams-democrats-ji10m9i5
New York Parents, Teachers Petition for End of Exit Exam
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-regents-exit-exams-high-school-graduation-requirements-20221205-ajdbazcoc5ajtjv4phrtpwgkwm-story.html
North Carolina Teachers Deserve More Than Test-Score Based Pay
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/11/opinion-teacher-pay-test-scores
Ohio Educators Support Bill to Repeal Third Grade Retention Testing Requirement
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/12/02/third-grade-retention-one-yearly-test-removed-under-proposed-education-bill/
Pennsylvania Educators Criticize Emphasis on Post-COVID Test Results
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/we-don-t-live-and-die-on-pssa-results-local-educators-say-pandemic-impacted-standardized-test-scores-but-exams-have-drawbacks/ar-AA14SW2C
Tennessee School Board Seeks Overhaul of State’s Third Grade Reading Retention Law
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/education/knox-county-schools-third-grade-retention-law-family-concerns/51-47117b22-4b0f-4838-8aa2-04c40bbf64c4
Texas Districts Pilot “Through Year” Assessment System With Multiple Rounds of Testing
https://www.kwtx.com/2022/12/01/various-central-texas-school-districts-participating-rollout-ttap-pilot-standardized-testing-program/
Virginia Legislator Lists Concerns With Student Testing Requirements
https://www.fcnp.com/2022/12/09/delegate-kaye-korys-richmond-report-11/
University Admissions ACT/SAT-Optional Policies Are the “New Normal”
https://www.yahoo.com/video/college-admissions-test-optional-normal-110000367.html
University Admissions GRExit Movement Gains Headway as More PhD Programs Drop Test Requirement
https://www.science.org/content/article/gre-exit-gains-momentum-ph-d-programs-drop-exam-requirement-amid-pandemic
Selective Colleges Navigate ACT/SAT-Optional Admissions
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/elite-us-colleges-try-to-navigate-a-world-where-the-sats-are-optional-122120800121_1.html
University Admissions Most Business Schools Adopt Test-Optional Admissions Policies
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/12/13/test-optional-mba-admissions
University Admissions LSAT Requirements Undermine Legal Profession Diversity
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-12-13/lsat-law-school-diversity-aba
University Admissions Why Medical School Admissions Should De-emphasize the MCAT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/07/mcat-medical-schools-diversity/
University Admissions Sharp Decline in GRE Test-Taking Volume After Fewer Graduate Programs Require Exam
https://qz.com/gre-test-scores-graduate-schools-changing-requirements-1849843761
Worth Reading Do “Growth Mindset” Interventions Actually Improve Academic Achievement
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-14088-001