Testingreformseason is heating up with many state legislatures considering proposals to reduce standardized exam overkill at the same time public schools are gearing up to administer another round of federal- and state-mandatedassessments.
Assessment reform campaigns are heating up across the nation. In both K-12 and higher education, there’s renewed energy to replace high-stakes testing hurdles with authentic measures of what students know and can do, not how well they take standardized exams.
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NationalAnnual Student Testing Provides Little New or Useful Information; Results Can Be Distorted by School Demographic Changes
https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/article/view/7696
U.S. Ed. Sec Says Standardized Exams Should No Longer Be a “Hammer,” ButTest-Based “Accountability” Remains in Place
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/education-secretary-standardized-tests-should-no-longer-be-a-hammer/2023/01
National Many States Rethinking School Grading Systems After Pandemic Pause
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2023/2/1/23580461/school-accountability-covid-grades-pandemic-essa
National Accountability Systems Must Offer More than School Grades
https://www.nciea.org/blog/accountability-systems-must-offer-more-than-school-grades/
AlaskaLegislators Consider RemovingTestScore Requirement for College Scholarship Eligibility
https://alaskapublic.org/2023/02/09/alaska-lawmakers-work-to-lower-barriers-to-eligibility-for-in-state-scholarships/
ArizonaHow To Make School Grading Even Worse
https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2023/02/az-how-do-you-make-school-grading.html
New State Superintendent Should Cut Testing Overkill Rather Than Reinstating High School Graduation Exam
https://tucson.com/opinion/local/heather-mace-what-tom-horne-should-keep-leave-behind-in-2023/article_c8acfafe-974b-11ed-8e2f-4f3a84c52360.html
ArkansasLegislators Say Test Scores Are “Superfluous” at Private Schools Receiving Taxpayer Funding
http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_08a459dc-ad3a-11ed-83d9-3727bb26080a.html
ColoradoBill Seeks to End Social Studies Testing Requirement
https://thebrightonblade.com/stories/dems-aim-to-ax-social-studies-from-standardized-tests,419616
FloridaState Weighs “Classical and Christian” Alternative Test for College Admissions
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/02/19/florida-weighs-classical-and-christian-alternative-to-sat-college-entrance-exam/
GeorgiaAtlanta School Cheating Case Drags On a Decade After Indictments
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/notorious-atlanta-school-cheating-case-still-lingers-a-decade-after-initial-indictments/ar-AA17ik9k
IndianaNew Multi-Indicator Dashboard Could Replace State’s A-to-F School Grades
https://in.chalkbeat.org/2023/2/9/23592830/indiana-school-quality-dashboard-literacy-college-enrollment-grades-accountability-special-education
LouisianaAdvocates Say Special Ed Students Not Given RequiredTestAccommodations
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/special-ed-leaders-say-students-denied-help-for-key-test/article_d6439d19-6823-5bb5-862a-5f8139fde641.html
MassachusettsBill Seeks to End GraduationTestRequirement and Score-Based School Takeovers
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/02/metro/bill-seeks-eliminate-school-takeovers-by-mass-education-department
Spring Is the Season to Opt Children Out of Standardized Tests
https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-Selwyn-Spring-is-in-the-air-the-MCAS-are-coming-soon–49878042
Let’s Not UseTestScores to Support Return to More Segregated Schools
https://www.baystatebanner.com/2023/02/08/separate-has-never-been-equal-lets-not-try-it-again/
MichiganSenate Panel Advances Bill Cancelling Third Grade Reading RetentionTestLaw
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2023/01/31/michigan-senate-education-committee-advances-bill-scraping-third-grade-reading-law/69859649007/
State Senate Votes to Eliminate ReadingTestRetention Law
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-senate-dumps-read-or-flunk-portion-third-grade-law
MissouriLawmaker Proposes Plan to Allow Districts to Opt Out of State Testing and Accountability
https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/lawmaker-proposes-local-control-plan-to-opt-missouri-districts-out-of-state-standards/
New Jersey Law Makers Hear Pleas to End High School Graduation Test Requirement
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jersey-lawmakers-hear-pleas-end-111500689.html
Lawmakers Hear Pleas to End Graduation Testing Requirement
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/02/10/lawmakers-hear-pleas-to-end-high-school-graduation-exam-requirement/
New YorkTeachers Again Allowed to Grade Own Students’ State Exams
https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/2/1/23581991/public-schools-grade-own-regents-exams
North CarolinaLeaders Seek New Ways to Measure School Performance That Don’t Depend on Socio-Economic Status
https://www.wral.com/what-makes-a-good-school-nc-school-leaders-eye-new-way-of-measuring-school-quality/20701946/
OklahomaBan Paying Teachers Based on StudentTestScores
https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/columnists/column-bury-zombie-education-idea-known-as-merit-pay/article_09b21460-a707-11ed-ad1d-7be7538aa597.html
TennesseeThree Quarters of City Students Failed New Third Grade Promotion Test
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/education/tennessee-3rd-grade-retention-law-students-parents-teachers-memphis-shelby-county-schools-mscs-tests-testing-grades-third-elementary-standardized-901/522-2e4d3d1a-1ee6-44bd-98bf-d443c36fb1bd
Parents Organize Town Hall to Protest Third-GradeTestRetention Law
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/concerned-nashville-parents-organize-town-hall-to-oppose-third-grade-retention-law
TexasThe Future of Standardized Testing Is Up in the Air
https://theeagle.com/news/the-future-of-standardized-testing-in-high-schools-and-colleges-is-up-in-the-air/article_30a11750-a4d8-11ed-ae42-772f1abbd1bd.html
High Scoring Schools Join Campaign to Overhaul Testing and Accountability System
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/top-performing-schools-call-for-new-accountability-measures-other-than-staar-test/ar-AA17xv5L
Educators Meet with Legislators to Press for TestingReform
https://myrgv.com/local-news/2023/02/10/educators-legislators-gather-to-discuss-changes-to-state-testing/
UtahLawmakers May Remove Letter Grades from School Report Cards
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/utah-lawmakers-might-purge-letter-grades-from-school-report-cards/ar-AA
University AdmissionsThe African American Studies Advanced Placement Debacle — DeSantis and the College Board Enable Each Other
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-02-03-ap-african-american-studies-desantis-florida/
University Admissions A Welcome Revolt Against School Ranking Schemes
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/feb/04/outside-view-a-welcome-revolt-against-the-flawed-c/
University Admissions Medical Schools Boycott U.S. News Rankings Over Equity Concerns
https://www.wbez.org/stories/uchicago-other-med-schools-withdraw-from-rankings-system-over-equity-concerns/72a78423-df57-42ce-8588-884573537376
University Admissions “I’m First Guide to College” Provides Advice for First Generation Applicants
https://store.imfirst.org/products/im-first-guide-to-college
Bar Association Leaders Will Try Again to Eliminate LSAT Exam Requirement
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/aba-will-try-yet-again-eliminate-lsat-rule-2023-02-17/
The Sooner We Understand that the College Board Is a Business, the Better
https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/02/college-board-ap-florida-curriculum.html
University Admissions Mishandling of Advanced Placement African American Studies Controversy Demonstrates College Board’s Unfitness
https://sdvoice.info/the-courting-of-conservative-funding-exposes-the-college-boards-unfitness/
Bid to End Law School AdmissionsTestRequirement Is Down But Not Out
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/bid-end-law-schools-lsat-requirement-is-down-not-out-2023-02-08
Worth Watching Examining the Moral Injuries and Oppressive Impacts of High-Stakes Tests: Feb. 8 Zoom Panel
https://www.unitingtosaveourschools.org/events-1/examining-the-moral-injuries-and-oppressive-impacts-of-high-stakes-tests-dialogue-on-alternatives-and-actions
Private Equity Military Contracting Firm Purchases Standardized Exam Business
https://nepc.colorado.edu/blog/private-equity