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Status: Archived Subject: FairTest News FairTest Examiner, September 2011 Over the summer, FairTest has produced a variety of fact sheets and op-eds and articles. These include a new website page with information on the growing movement of parents to opt their children out of testing, a new page on teacher evaluation, materials on the mushrooming […]

The new school year is shaping up to be a pivotal period for the assessment reform movement. Already, a spate of stories have appeared documenting new policies that roll back some of the worst cases of testing overkill. And there’s much more coverage of the damage being done to educational quality and equity by the […]

Status: Archived Subject: University Testing The Educational Testing Service (ETS), whose behavior towards students it claims may have cheated has been widely criticized (see Examiner, Fall 1993), has lost another legal test of its policies. As in the famous precedent of Brian Dalton (see Examiner, Spring 1992, Summer 1992, and Summer 1994), the Appellate Division […]

March 27, 2012 The Equity and Excellence Commission: Dear Members of the Commission: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is concerned about the damage done to educational equity and excellence by the use of high-stakes testing. Among the widely documented problems are: That denial of a diploma based on a student’s test […]

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 65+ Ways Schools Have Cheated on Testing: Manipulating High-Stakes Exam Scores for Political Gain FairTest Statement on 2018 NAEP Result Release State ESSA Plans: Uneven Progress […]

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May 5, 2020, is Giving TuesdayNow, a day specially designated for supporting non-profit organizations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. FairTest has responded to these unprecedented challenges by providing resources to grassroots activists who successfully campaigned to eliminate this spring’s federal and state public school testing mandates and spearheading the test-optional admissions movement, which […]

With 2020 state legislative sessions getting underway in many states, it’s the right time for educators, community leaders and grassroots activists to press their representatives to roll back testing misuse and overuse. Check out the assessment reform policy initiatives already in play in several jurisdictions in this week’s news clips. National Bernie Sanders and Mike […]

As fallout from November 8 continues to settle, activists across the nation are already pressing newly elected legislators to reduce testing volume, eliminate high-stakes standardized exams, and promote better forms of assessment. Happy Thanksgiving to all ! NationalLessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Acthttp://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/lessons-from-NCLB AlaskaSchools Get Testing Waiver After Computer Administration Failurehttp://juneauempire.com/local/2016-11-22/alaska-schools-get-testing-waiver FloridaStudents […]

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 […]