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You can tell that testing season is on the horizon when there’s assessment reform news from more than a third of the states in just one week. You can connect to other local activists by using the resources at:https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/get_involved Alabama Future of ACT Aspire Testing in Limbohttp://www.decaturdaily.com/news/local/act-aspire-s-future-in-limbo/arti… California State Studies Ways to Improve Measures of […]

The grassroots assessment reform movement has refused to take a “summer break.” Across the country, parents, educators and community activists are pressing policymakers to take advantage of the increased testing flexibility allowed under the new federal education law. Already, many states have responded by cutting back standardized exam requirements. Where change is not taking place […]

What a week! The University of California Regents voted unanimously to phase out ACT/SAT admissions test requirements. High school students and their allies sued the College Board for administering defective, on-line Advanced Placement Exams. And, many states began considering proposals to extend their suspensions of high-stakes K-12 tests into the next school year. As news […]

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 […]

State after state is moving to roll back standardized exam requirements for this spring and eliminate high-stakes consequences. It’s time for the federal government to follow suit by granting waivers from all public school testing mandates at least for spring 2021. Remember to encourage friends and allies to sign on to the National Call to […]

While nearly all this spring’s K-12 exams were cancelled by coronavirus-driven school closures, there’s still lots of action in the university admissions assessment reform arena. In particularly, the University of California Regents are about to vote on a proposal to phase out use of the ACT and SAT at that system’s nine undergraduate campuses, and […]

Not surprisingly, the huge, national college admissions scandal — with a major testing component — dominated this week’s education news. The fact that so many other stories about standardized exams also appeared attests to the power of parents, educators and activists in making assessment reform a powerful issue. Florida Students Get More Time for Test […]

As the last classrooms close for summer break, it’s a good time to look back — the past year has been among the best ever for the testing reform movement: more states eliminating exit exams; successful campaigns to rollback test-driven school grading schemes and the fastest ACT/SAT-optional growth rate in history. Next year should be […]

With less than 100 days left before the November 2018 elections, grassroots activists are increasing the pressure on contenders for Congress, statewide offices, legislative seats, and local school boards to speak out against testing misuse and overuse. This is the season to get the attention of public officials and win their commitment to genuine assessment […]

How much more evidence do some policy-makers and their big-money donors need before they admit that high-stakes testing driven education “reform” is a failure? This week’s news clips provide more ammunition for activists fighting to replace standardized exam overkill with assessments that help improve learning and teaching — as you will see, meaningful victories are […]