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A Partnership to Create Model LegislationFairTest has partnered with the National Education Association (NEA) to develop model legislation and regulations to limit testing beyond federal requirements, mitigate the harm from testing and support educationally beneficial, valid and reliable assessments. Alabama Workforce Pathways and Alternative Assessments The Alabama Workforce Pathways Act establishes a new workforce pathways […]

Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams (Updated October 2025) The number of states requiring high school graduation exams in language arts and math has declined rapidly over the past few years. Only six states have mandatory graduation tests in place for the high school class of 2026, […]

More state and local education leaders are weighing in on the need to suspend standardized exam requirements for the current public school year. A coordinated campaign to seek federal waivers and roll back high-stakes tests, at least for spring 2021, is likely to be launched soon after the upcoming election. NationalSome Teachers Are Being Evaluated […]

Last week’s sweeping electoral changes mean that new leaders should be more receptive to assessment reform initiatives in many jurisdictions. Contact FairTest for assistance in running your winning grassroots campaign! Florida If Anyone is to Blame for Low Test Scores, It’s the State Legislature https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/SAT-scores-still-lag-in-Florida-which-means-politicians-are-still-failing_173420937 Georgia Education Testing Policy Too Important to Be Left Up […]

With Washington’s recent repeal of its graduation testing mandate, only eleven states still have exit exams. That’s the lowest number in decades! Check out FairTest’s freshly updated fact sheet to see why so many jurisdictions have eliminated these counter-productive requirements — http://www.fairtest.org/graduation-test-update-states-recently-eliminated — and use these arguments if your state still has a grad test. […]

Along with an ever-growing number of stories about successful assessment reform initiatives, we still see many disturbing reports of ongoing damage to students and educators from standardized exam misuse and overuse. Grassroots activists and their allies should feel free to contact FairTest for assistance with building winning local campaigns to replace testing overkill with authentic […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing In 2005-06, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law’s mandate that schools in every state test students annually in grades 3-8 and once in high school took effect. As a result, approximately 11 million more tests were administered than in the previous school year. A Louisville Courier-Journal headline aptly summed […]

The grassroots assessment reform movement continues to score victories as more legislatures and policy-makers agree to roll back standardized exam overkill. To track progress over this spring’s testing season, check out our news clip archives at https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/news/other — you can find out how to get involved at: https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/building-stronger-more-effective-assessment-reform Multiple States Snapshot of Spring Testing (and […]

Pressure from grassroots activists and a bipartisan group of policymakers has forced President Trump and Education Secretary DeVos to allow states to suspend federal standardized exam requirements in the wake of the coronavirus. To protect public school children, educators and their families, state leaders must now be pressed to: 1) Apply immediately for waivers of […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Should students have to pass a test on which the standards are set so high that most adults can’t pass, particularly if the test is used for such things as high school graduation? If this became a rule, many mandated state assessments would be in trouble. At least, this was […]