What's New

The most recent additions to the FairTest web site are below:

More Than Half of All U.S. Colleges and Universities Are Already ACT/SAT Optional for Fall 2022 Applicants
National Call to Suspend High-Stakes Testing in Spring 2021
Two-thirds of all U.S. colleges and universities are test-optional or test-blind for fall 2021 applicants
College Board Sued By Students, Fair-Testing Advocates For Access And Technology Failures On Computerized AP Exams
Action Alert! Cancel ALL State K-12 Exams Now -- Testing Resistance & Reform News: March 16-24, 2020
States Must Apply for Federal Testing Waivers; Eliminate All Other Testing Requirements
Testing Resistance & Reform News: March 11 - 16, 2020 -- Cancel Spring Testing Now!
Akil Bello joins FairTest as Senior Director of Advocacy and Advancement; Bob Schaeffer is Interim Executive Director
2019 SAT Scores: Gaps Between Demographic Groups Grows Larger
2019 The Best Year Ever for Test-Optional Higher Ed. Admissions
Global SAT Subject Test Security Breach; Scores Compromised
FairTest: New SAT “Adversity Score” Concedes Exam’s Fundamental Flaws
FairTest Reacts to the 2019 College Admissions Scandal
65+ Ways Schools Have Cheated on Testing: Manipulating High-Stakes Exam Scores for Political Gain
“Beyond The GRE” Campaign And “GREXIT” Web List Seek To Downplay Tests In Graduate School Admissions
FairTest Reacts to the 2018 SAT Scores & Score Charts
FairTest Reacts to the 2018 ACT Scores & 2018 College Bound Seniors Average ACT Scores
Join FairTest in Celebrating Monty Neill and Welcoming Andre Green
Andre Green to be New FairTest Executive Director when Dr. Monty Neill retires this Summer
Major New Study Shows Test-Optional Policies Increase Diversity, Preserve Academic Quality
FairTest Statement on 2018 NAEP Result Release
State ESSA Plans: Uneven Progress Toward Better Assessment and Accountability
ACT/SAT Test-Optional List Tops 1,000 Colleges, Universities
FairTest Report: Test Reform Victories Surge in 2017: What’s Behind the Winning Strategies?
FairTest Reaction to Class of 2017 SAT Results
FairTest Reacts to 2017 ACT Scores
Time to Learn Survey: Impact of Testing on Teaching and Learning
Standardized Testing and Young Children
New Resistance and Reform Tools
FairTest Tells Maryland Legislators to Cap Testing Time
Why You Can Boycott Standardized Tests Without Fear of Federal Penalties to Your School (Updated February 2018)
Implementing Performance Assessment: FairTest Webinar
Position Available: Full-Time Strategic Planning Consultant/Potential Executive Director
Test-Optional Admissions list Tops 900 Colleges and Universities
Overhauling Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning: New Opportunities under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Assessment Matters: Constructing Model State Systems to Replace Testing Overkill
SATs Drop Again, as Test-Optional Movement Surges
Half of "Top 100" National Liberal Arts Colleges Do Not Require ACT/SAT
Back-To-School Report Tallies 2016 Testing Reform Victories
More Colleges Drop ACT Requirement as Taxpayer Subsidized Test Volume Grows
Obama Admin. Enhanced Assessment Grants Called “Far Too Little And Way Too Late” For Testing Reformers
SAT Subject Tests “Fading Away” As Admissions Requirement; Hundreds Of Thousands Fewer Exams Administered
Action Alert! FairTest opposes US Education Department's harmful draft regulations on accountability
How to Organize Testing Resistance and Reform under ESSA - PowerPoint
Computerized School Exam Problems In Two-Thirds Of States
The Testing Resistance and Reform Movement, Monthly Review
SAT “Facelift” Fails To Address Exam’s Basic Flaws; 50+ Schools Go Test-Optional Since Revisions Announced
End Florida's Politically Manipulated School Grades
More than 670,000 Refused Tests in 2015
The New Federal Education Law: A Basis for a Stronger Testing Resistance and Assessment Reform Movement
Building a Stronger, More Effective Assessment Reform Movement under ESSA
Congress to Vote on No Child Left Behind Overhaul
Testing Reform Victories 2015: Growing Grassroots Movement Rolls Back Testing Overkill
Independent Test Results Show NCLB Fails
FairTest Reaction: Latest NAEP Results Add To Evidence Of Test-And-Punish Era Failures
Reform Movement Reacts to Obama Administration Statement, School Chiefs Survey on Testing Overkill
Guide to organizing by Jeanette Deutermann
California Suspends High School Graduation Test
850 Colleges, Universities Are Test-Optional, Including 195 Top-Tier Schools
Class of 2016 National Merit Scholarship Cut-Off Scores Vary By State But Assure Most Awards Go To Affluent Families
Computerized Testing Problems - Chronology
2015 SAT Score Report Reaction
FairTest: Florida Should Suspend High-Stakes For Students Due To Computer Test Failures
Five Years Of Flat ACT Scores Show Test-And-Punish Policies Failed To Improve Average College Readiness Or Significantly Narrow Racial Gaps
Fairtest Reaction To 2015 Annual Gallup/Phi Delta Kappan Survey
Tell Congress: Keep Federal Accountability Mandates Out of a New Education Law
FairTest Analysis of Key Assessment and Accountability Issues Facing the ESEA Reauthorization Conference Committee
George Washington University Goes Test-Optional
FairTest faxed this letter to all Senators asking them to oppose NCLB-lite amendment and support grade span testing.
FairTest Seeks Help for Test-Takers Hurt by June 6 SAT Timing/Scoring Fiasco
New Survey Shows Record Number Of Colleges And Universities Dropped ACT/SAT Exam Score Requirements In Past Year
FairTest Reacts to Ongoing Computer-Administered Testing Problems: Exams Crashed in 9 States in April
Join FairTest in Honoring Karen Lewis and Leon Botstein
Help FairTest Grow the Testing Reform Movement
FairTest testimony to Connecticut legislature on testing reform.
FairTest Testimony on ESEA Reauthorization to Senate HELP Committee.
FEA Recommendations for ESEA on Assessment, Accountability and School Improvement, Jan. 2015
Widespread SAT Cheating Continues in Asia
FairTest Statement on Federal Standardized Exam Mandates
Testing Reformers React to Sec. Duncan's Call for "No Child" Revamp
Deb Meier's Holiday Wish
What State Legislators Can Do to Advance Assessment Reform
The Testing Resistance and Reform Movement: A FairTest Report
Time for a Real Testing Moratorium
2014 SAT Score Trend Remains Flat; Test-Fixated School Policies Have Not Improved College Readiness
“Atlanta is the Tip of an Iceberg” -- New Count Shows Widespread Test Score Corruption in 39 States And D.C.
CONFIRMED CASES OF TEST-CHEATING (2009 - 2015)
Testing Reform Victories: The First Wave
FairTest Statement to the Lee County FL School Board on the Reconsideration of the Vote to "Opt Out" of Standardized Exams.
Large Florida School District Votes to "Opt Out" of Standardized Exam Mandates.
Fairtest’s Reaction to Proposal To Postpone Test-Based Teacher Ratings
FairTest News Release: Stagnant ACT Scores show Failure of Test Driven Policies
Forum on Educational Accountability's Recomendations for Improving Federal Assessment Law
Michelle Fine's talk at FairTest's Heroes in Education award ceremony.
Stagnant Grade 12 NAEP Results Underscore Failure of Test-Driven Public Education
SAT "Cosmetic Surgery" Ignores Test's Basic Flaws
FairTest Reaction to "New" SAT Plan: Overhaul Likely to Spur Test-Optional Admission
FairTest Questions the College Board on Plans for "New" SAT
FairTest's Testimony to the Rhode Island Legislature on Graduation Exams
Nat'l Ed Leaders Propose Principles for Congressional Compromise on NCLB
New Report Shows Test-Optional Admissions Helps Diversity, Excellence
New York Performance Standards Consortium Fact Sheet
Momentum Grows Against Zero Tolerance Discipline and High-Stakes Testing
FairTest News Release on 2013 NAEP Results, Added Evidence of NCLB Failure
Monty Neill's oral testimony to NY Senate hearings on testing
FairTest News Release on Public Letter about Standardized Testing by 120+ Children's Authors & Illustrators
FairTest Infographic: Common Core: More Tests, But Not Better
FairTest Press Release on 2013 Release of SAT Scores
2014 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Scores Released
New Fact Sheet: Common Core Assessment Myths and Realities: Moratorium Needed From More Tests, Costs, Stress
Common Core Assessment Myths and Realities: Moratorium Needed From More Tests, Costs, Stress
Testing Resistance & Reform News: August 15 - August 21, 2013
FairTest Press Release: New Poll Shows "Americans Fed Up with School-Test Overkill"
Testing Resistance & Reform News: August 1 - August 7, 2013
The Spring 2013 Testing Reform Uprising.
How High-Stakes Testing Feeds the School-to-Prison Pipeline Infographic
FairTest Press Release: Senate Education Bill Fails To Reverse "No Child Left Behind" Damage, Ignores Constituents
Assessment that Supports Education - Short Video on Mission Hill School
Building a Successful Assessment Reform Movement
FairTest submits testimony on accountability to House Education Committee
FairTest Press Release: Widespread Computer Testing Not Ready for Primetime
FairTest Press Release: Standardized Exam Cheating In 37 States And D.C.; New Report Shows Widespread Test Score Corruption
March 2013 Examiner Newsletter Now Available
FairTest to honor Jonathan Kozol with Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award
Massachusetts Statement against High-Stakes Standardized Testing
MA Educators Statement - Press Release Feb. 2013
8 Ways To Fight High-Stakes Testing Infographic
FairTest Statement of Support for Seattle Teachers' Test Boycott
Seattle Teachers Boycott Tests
How You Can Work for Testing Reform
What's Wrong with Standardized Tests Infographic
FairTest Senate testimony connects testing with school to prison pipeline.
What a Year!
FairTest News Release on the release of the 2012 SAT Scores
FairTest Commentary: Chicago Strike Echos High-Stakes Testing Resistance
Give Arne’s “Bus Tour” a Warm Welcome, see why and link to tour schedule here.
Resistance to High Stakes Testing Spreads
NEW SCHOOL YEAR: DOUBLING DOWN ON FAILED ED. POLICY
High-Stakes Testing Resistance Spreads Across Nation
Pop Quiz on Testing
Video: FairTest Honors Diane Ravitch with the Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award, June 5, 2012.
Test Reformers Force Cancellation of "Rich Kids SAT"
Fair Testing Advocates Urge College Board: Cancel Special “Rich Kids SAT”
Testing Resistance and Reform News: Regular posts of significant stories.
FairTest Protests Special Mid-Summer SAT Limited to "Rich Kids"
FairTest's Letter on High Stakes Testing to the Equity Commission
FairTest to Honor Diane Ravitch with the Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award
NCLB’s Lost Decade Report
Thank You from FairTest
A Message from Diane Ravitch
A slide show of basic facts about Duncan's AYP waiver plan and the Senate HELP bill reauthorizing ESEA
Summary and Critique of Key Provisions in Harkin-Enzi ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization Bill of October 2011
FairTest Under Attack! -- How You Can Help
FairTest responds to the Administration's dangerous "flexibility" proposals to change NCLB.
What Should Congress Do About Teacher Evaluation?
FairTest Critiques Sen. Alexander's ESEA-NCLB proposals: The few benefits don't outweigh the problems.
FairTest Press Release on Many Test-Optional Schools Earning High U.S. News Rankings
FairTest News Release: Flat ACT scores shows failure of test-driven "school reform" + ACT score results.
Fact Sheet: "Tests, Cheating and Educational Corruption"
FairTest on the Atlanta Cheating Scandal
Diane Ravitch to Receive FairTest's "Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education" Award
ESEA Reauthorization and Ending the "School-to-Prison" Pipeline: A Congressional Briefing
Flawed Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Proposal Risks Further Damage to Teaching and Learning
Overhauling ESEA to Improve Public Schools: FEA’s Reauthorization Proposals
Detailed FairTest study of NAEP results shows NCLB has not led to improved student learning.
Student Test Scores: An Inaccurate Way to Judge Teachers
Testimony to Mass Board of Education against using student scores to judge teachers.
Webinar May 9 on Forum on Educational Accountability recommendations for ESEA reauthorization
Poll on NCLB: Americans Want a Useful Overhaul of Education Policy.
FairTest Press Release on 2011 State of the Union Speech
FairTest is moving!
FairTest Reacts to the 2010 SAT Scores
2010 College-bound Seniors Average SAT Scores
2010 College-bound seniors average ACT Scores
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE 2010 ACT & SAT SCORE REPORTS
A Better Way to Assess Students and Evaluate Schools
FEA: A Research- and Experience-Based Turnaround Process
FairTest in the News - June 2010
FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB - Summary and Full
FairTest is now on Facebook and Twitter!
Testing, Discipline and the School to Prison Pipeline
FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB
How Testing Feeds the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Congress Needs a Different ESEA Blueprint
FEA Press Release on proposed "No Child" Overhaul
National Merit Scholarship Corp. Bullies School To Remove Scores From Web; Fairtest Re-Post’s “Censored” Data To Show Biases
FairTest Reaction to President Obama's State of the Union Proposals on School "Reform"
Paying Teachers for Student Test Scores Damages Schools and Undermines Learning
FairTest comments on US Education Department's "Race to the Top Assessment Program" hearing in Boston on Nov. 12.
FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release
FairTest Press Release on the 2009 ACT Scores
What to Look for in this month's ACT & SAT Score Reports
FairTest critical comments on US Education Department's "Race to the Top Fund" guidelines.
A Critical Analysis of the Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights Report
FairTest - NEA State Assessment Reform Conference
Empowering Schools and Improving Learning
NAEP RESULTS PRODUCE MORE EVIDENCE OF NCLB'S FAILURE
Join FairTest in honoring Deborah Meier.
Test Optional Schools List Tops 815!
Questions for Arne Duncan, Nominee for Secretary of Education
Open Letter to President-elect Obama on 7th Anniversary of NCLB
President-Elect Barack Obama on No Child Left Behind
FairTest's testimony on graduation tests to the Maryland Board of Ed.
FairTest on College Board's New "READISTEP" Test
TEST-OPTIONAL COLLEGES LIST SOARS PAST 775
What the Presidential Candidates are saying about NCLB
SAT Scores 2008 Release
FairTest: What to Look for in the 2008 SAT Score Report
ACT Scores Reaction -- A Different Test, Not a Better One
Video: "FairTest: You Can't Judge Learning with a Standardized Test"
FairTest Reacts to the "New" SAT Validity Studies
Testimony of Lisa Guisbond to the PA Senate Ed. Committee
Press Release: FairTest's Testimony on the PA Graduation Test
Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.
Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas
NCLB Administrative Tinkering Fails to Address the Flawed "Test and Punish" Policies Initiated By Nation at Risk Misdiagnosis
"Beyond NCLB" by Monty Neill Available at Rethinking Schools
April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published
Testimony of Monty Neill, Ed.D. to the Rhode Island Board of Regents Regarding Proposed Graduation Requirements
Lisa Guisbond: All Hail R.I, Diploma System
Graduation Tests Will Harm Students. by Judith A. Browne-Dianis
FairTest's Reaction to Secretary Spellings’ “Differentiated Accountability" Plan
Testimony of FairTest's Monty Neill to the Maryland Joint Committee on Education/Ways and Means
“No Child Left Behind” After Six Years: An Escalating Track Record of Failure

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More Than Half of All U.S. Colleges and Universities Are Already ACT/SAT Optional for Fall 2022 Applicants
National Call to Suspend High-Stakes Testing in Spring 2021
FairTest’s 35th – What’s Next for Assessment Reform?

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