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Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Supporters of the federal No Child Left Behind law have launched a new effort to create some form of national exam. Proponents cite discrepancies between state test results and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as evidence that a national standard is now needed. Proposals for a national test […]

(note: this fact sheet is available for download as a print-formatted PDF file) Zero tolerance discipline and high-stakes testing policies have similar philosophical underpinnings and similar destructive results. Both stem from a 1980s movement to impose more punitive policies in both criminal justice and public education. Together, they have helped turn schools into hostile environments […]

FairTest’s Monty Neill presented invited testimony on graduation tests and alternatives to the Maryland Board of Education. The letter also appears attached at the bottom as a formatted PDF: October 21, 2008 James DeGraffenreidt, Chair Members of the State Board of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Copies sent by regular mail and […]

Graduation tests do not promote the knowledge, skills and habits needed for success in college or skilled work. According to college professors and employers, high school graduates must be able to analyze conflicting explanations, support arguments with evidence, solve complex problems that have no obvious answer, reach conclusions, conduct research, and engage in the give-and-take […]

As schools close for the summer, testing debates continue to heat up. This week, state requirements to retain students in third grade based on reading exam scores, are back in the spotlight. As renowned education researcher Linda Darling-Hammond concludes in the Alabama story, such politically driven policies have a proven track-record of failure. But they […]

The human impact from high-stakes standardized exams has often been ignored by mainstream media. Not this week! Check out the stories highlighting the real harm done to children, their families and educators by testing overkill. NationalStates Take Small Steps Toward Assessment Reform Under ESSAhttp://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/state-assessment ColoradoTest-Driven Education “Reform” Becomes Major Election Issuehttps://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/05/31/how-education-reform-became-a-wedge-issue-among-colorado-democrats-this-election-year/ FloridaStudent Says High-Stakes Tests […]

With spring testing winding down in many schools after another trouble-filled season, parents, educators and community activists are pressuring policy makers to focus on overhauling state assessment systems using the increased flexibility possible under the new, federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). National Congressional Leaders Urge Full Stakeholder Participation in ESSA Implementationhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/05/murray_scott_urge_b… California Board of […]

Though school is out for the summer and the long, holiday weekend slowed coverage, there’s still plenty of assessment reform news. Please add your voice at the Save Our Schools rally, march and conference in Washington DC at the end of this week http://saveourschoolsmarch.org/ NationalLawmakers Press Ed. Secretary Over Every Student Succeeds Act Draft Regulationshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/06/senate_essa_oversight_hearing_school_ratings_timeline.htmlNational […]

A number of states are already moving to take advantage of the flexibility to overhaul assessments included in the new, federal Every Student Succeeds Act. But proposed U.S. Department of Education regulations could inhibit reforms that help improve learning and learning. If you have not weighed in already, now is the time to submit a […]

Most 2020 state legislative sessions are now underway. Let your representatives know that it’s time to roll back standardized exam mandates to the federal minimum and stop test score misuses for grade promotion, high school graduation, district rankings, teacher bonuses and the like. This is an election year, so public officials are paying particular attention […]