Two big stories dominate this week’s testing news: a much-awaited reconsideration of the “massive COVID learning loss” narrative and the accelerating of the test-optional admissions movement in higher education. In many states, assessment reform campaigns continue to make progress.
National U.S. Ed. Sec. Warns States Don’t Use Test Results Punitively
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/dont-use-state-tests-punitively-ed-secretary-cardona-warns/2022/09
National A Measured Look at COVID’s Real Impact on Student Learning
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/opinion/pandemic-learning-loss.html
National Did Closing Schools Cause Test Score Decline?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2022/09/24/did-closing-school-buildings-cause-test-scores-to-drop-looking-for-evidence/?sh=1088deb24c47
National What Should Parents Know About Pandemic Test Score Decline?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/test-scores-kids-covid-pandemic_l_632c7182e4b0572027b04c55
Florida Reducing Standardized Testing Fixation a Key to Addressing Teacher Shortages
https://feaweb.org/issues-action/teacher-and-staff-shortage/solving-floridas-teacher-and-staff-shortage/
Indiana Teacher Licensing Exams Shrink Pool of Potential Black and Hispanic Teachers
https://in.chalkbeat.org/2022/9/26/23373594/black-hispanic-teachers-shortages-report-praxis-licensing-test-pass-rates
Massachusetts New Selective High Schools Admissions Policy Brings More Diversity . . . and Challenges
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/09/23/boston-latin-school-diversity-enrollment-admissions
Mississippi School Staff Charged with Organizing Test Cheating
https://www.wkrg.com/local-news/state-audit-found-staff-sanctioned-cheating-failing-school-board-in-george-county/
New Jersey State Eliminates edTPA Certification Exam Requirement
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/education/2022/09/27/teacher-shortage-nj-mandated-assessment-test-to-be-replaced/69520248007/
New York Score Release Timing Gamesmanship?
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/9/23/23368912/new-york-state-test-score-delay
North Carolina Survey Seeks Input on New Ways to Assess School Quality
https://www.dpi.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2022/09/22/survey-seeks-input-model-measuring-school-quality
Oregon Eliminating Graduation Test is About Removing Barriers, Not Lowering Standards
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/09/opinion-diploma-recommendations-about-removing-barriers-not-lowering-standards.html
International Learning From Finland’s Model
https://dailytimes.com.pk/1002423/learning-from-finland-model/
University Admissions What Happened When Schools Waived Testing Requirements: Report From FairTest Conference Panel
https://www.highereddive.com/news/heres-what-happened-when-3-colleges-including-the-university-of-pennsylva/632700/
University Admissions Use of College Board/ACT Student Recruiting Lists Could Be Reinforcing Bias
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/21/college-recruitment-student-lists-bias/
University Admissions How Standardized Tests Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/standardized-tests-and-students-with-disabilities-how-the-sat-lsat-and-bar-discriminate/ar-AA124JUk
University Admissions GRE Tests No Longer Required for University of North Carolina Graduate Programs
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/09/university-graduate-school-gre-update
University Admissions Dropping GRE Does Not Undermine Academic Success
https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2022.1605023/full
Worth Reading Classroom Grades Show Student Learning Better Than Standardized Exam Scores Do
https://nepc.colorado.edu/blog/grades-show
Worth Reading College-Going Rates, Test Scores Plunge at High Surveillance Schools
https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/09/21/school-surveillance-security/