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What's New 2,085 + Test-Optional/Test-Free Schools for Fall 2026 Record Number of Colleges and Universities Remain Test-Optional or Test-Free for Fall 2026 Applicants.Despite news reports focusing on the few colleges that have returned to testing, over 90% of colleges have retained or extended their testing policies including: Bowdoin College, Emory University, Tufts University, University of […]

The pace of both testing resistance and assessment reform is definitely quickening as the late winter/early spring 2017 standardized exam season draws nearer. Great to see so many policy makers questioning the fundamental role and value of current volumes of testing and the stakes attached to them. National”A to F” School Grading Scales Distort Public […]

Following the lead of the federal government, which approved all requests for 2020 waivers from tests required under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many states have suspended their own mandates for exams (mis-)used for graduation, grade promotion, teacher evaluation and the like. If your state has not already done so, make sure that ALL testing […]

“Less Testing, No High-Stakes, Better Assessments” — that’s the core message parents, educators and community leaders are effectively delivering to policymakers as a new school year begins across the nation. Look for a forthcoming FairTest report on “Testing Reform Victories 2015-2016” summarizing recent successes. Alaska State Seeking Bids for New Test After Exam Administration Failurehttp://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2016/08/23/alaska-education-dep… […]

for further information:Dr. Monty Neill (617) 477-9792Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for use on or after Wednesday, September 4, 2013 DISSECTING COMMON CORE ASSESSMENT MYTHS AND REALITIES; DESPITE HYPE, PLANS CALL FOR MORE HIGH-STAKES TESTS, COST AND STRESS; MORATORIUM ON NEW EXAMS NEEDED A new fact sheet shows that the Common Core Assessments, which are being […]

NOTE: FOR A PRINT FORMATED PDF COPY OF THIS FACT SHEET CLICK HERE. FOR FAIRTEST’S INFOGRAPHIC ON THE COMMON CORE, CLICK HERE Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), each state set its own learning standards and developed tests to measure them. But NCLB’s failure to spur overall test score gains or close racial gaps led […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773cell (239) 699-0468 for immediate release, Thursday, September 11, 2014 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING SCORES RELEASED FOR 2014 FairTest’s Bob Schaeffer is quoted in this excellent article by Nancy Griesemer on the release of the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Scores for 2014. See the scores below: The state-by-state list […]

for further information:Lisa Guisbond (617) 959-2371Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 For release Wednesday, September 8, 2016 BACK-TO-SCHOOL REPORT TALLIES 2016 TESTING REFORM VICTORIES —FEWER EXAMS, LOWER STAKES, STRONGER LEARNING MEASURES;NEW FEDERAL LAW OPENS DOOR TO BETTER ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS As schools open around the nation, a new report tallies the victories recently won by the grassroots testing […]

Status: Archived Subject: International Testing Teachers in England have vowed to wage a campaign of civil disobedience over plans to link pay raises to exam results. The National Union of Teachers (NUT), which represents 40 percent of the teachers in the country, and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the third-largest union, have both said […]

CONFIRMED CASES OF TEST-CHEATING (2009 – 2015) In the past five years cheating cases have been documented in 40 states plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Department of Defense schools, according to government and news media reports compiled by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest). Jurisdictions with schools whose unlikely score […]