Author: FairTest

Assessment reform proposals are a high priority in many state capitals as legislative sessions get underway. Proposed bills call for cutting the number of tests, reducing high-stakes misuses, and stopping the practice of awarding school grades based on test results. Several new governors and superintendents of education are also taking the lead in rolling back […]

2019 is already proving to be a huge year for assessment reform — just check out this week’s stories from 15 states and the world of college admissions about initiatives to roll back standardized testing misuse and overuse. There’s much more to come — make sure your friends and allies receive this regular updates by […]

FairTest is part of a new Massachusetts coalition with a simple message: It’s time for Governor Charlie Baker and the state legislature to make it their number one priority to reinvest $1.5 billion a year in public education, from pre-K through college, with the funding increase not attached to any additional testing. Our public education […]

With new state legislative sessions getting underway, momentum is building for further rollbacks of testing overuse and misuse. Look for many more victories in 2019 as parents, educators, students and community leaders push for genuine assessment reform. California Governor Brown Abandoned Top-Down Accountability, Pushed Multiple Indicators https://edsource.org/2019/landmark-reforms-championed-by-gov-brown-leave-deep-imprint-on-california-education/606576 Florida State’s School Grades Ignore Many Groups of […]

Happy New Year! The continuing high pace of assessment reform stories — and victories ! — over the holidays bodes well for campaigns to reduce standardized exam misuse and overuse in 2019. Help your friends and allies stay up to date with new developments and resources by encouraging them to sign up for these free […]

It may be a holiday week, but news about campaigns to roll back testing misuse and overuse has not slowed down. You can help accelerate the assessment reform movement in 2019 by making your most generous possible year-end donation to FairTest Until midnight December 31, all contributions will be DOUBLED by a special gift from […]

Season’s Greetings from FairTest! To avoid interference with the year-end holidays that fall on Tuesdays, our next issues will be distributed on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 and Wednesday, January 2, 2019 If you have found these weekly compilations of news and information about the increasingly effective testing reform movement, please consider including FairTest in your […]

Key components of the test-and-punish agenda continue to collapse from their inherent weaknesses combined with strong pushback from parents, educators and community leaders. This week’s stories show policy makers in many states responding to the flaws of “A to F” school grades, test-score-driven teacher evaluations, and high school graduation exams by implementing new policies that […]

November’s sweeping electoral victories for teachers and programs that advance public education have encouraged assessment reformers across the U.S. to push back against new test-and-punish initiatives and reverse current misuses of standardized exams. FairTest believes 2019 will be a year of major victories in the movement for assessment policies that support better teaching and more […]

Today is Giving Tuesday. If you find these weekly summaries of assessment reform news stories helpful, we hope you will include FairTest among the groups you support with year-end donations. You can contribute here — https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/fairtest or mail your check to — 88 Governor Winthrop Road, Somerville, MA 02145 National Helping Students Overcome the Negative […]