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Grassroots pressure is leading many states and districts to re-evaluate their standardized testing requirements and start developing alternative, performance-based assessments, often seeking to use new flexibility under the recently adopted federal education law. Keep the heat on! NationalRules Proposed for ESSA’s Innovative Assessment Pilot Programhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/07/essa_innovative_assessment_regulations.html ArkansasElementary Schools Should Be About More than Test Scoreshttp://swtimes.com/columns-blogs/jessica-hayes/education-today-elementary-school-should-be-more-test-scores CaliforniaDeciphering […]

There has been no let up in grassroots pressure to overhaul assessment even as the school year winds to a close around the nation. Florida Exam-Scoring Fiasco Reveals Flaws of Test-Driven Schoolinghttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/education/florida-backtracks-on-standardized-state-tests.html FairTest Honors Deborah Meier Hero of Education Award Recipient Diane Ravitch http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-thompson/honoring-deborah-w-meier-_b_1587995.html How “No Stakes” Testing Promotes Long-Term Learning — (ignore the misleading […]

The November 8 tidal wave swamped most other news, but a number of testing-related stories and commentaries still appeared over the past week. Perversely, the ugly election results may create new opportunities for assessment reform victories at the local, state, and even federal levels. NationalFive Things to Watch on ESSA Under Trumphttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/11/five_things_to_watch_on_essa_u.html AlabamaBoard of Ed […]

Popular Fact Sheets Portrait of a Graduate: Wall Poster or Game Changer Opting Out of State Testing: Information for Parents and Students Interim, Formative and Through-Year Assessments: Keeping Assessments Authentic and Useful Summary of Graduation Requirements What’s Wrong With Standardized Tests?(Updated October 2023) How Standardized Testing Damages Education (Updated July 2012) Performance Assessment for Parents […]

Testingreformseason is heating up with many state legislatures considering proposals to reduce standardized exam overkill at the same time public schools are gearing up to administer another round of federal- and state-mandatedassessments. Assessment reform campaigns are heating up across the nation.  In both K-12 and higher education, there’s renewed energy to replace high-stakes testing hurdles with authentic […]

Two big stories dominate this week’s testing news: a much-awaited reconsideration of the “massive COVID learning loss” narrative and the accelerating of the test-optional admissions movement in higher education.  In many states, assessment reform campaigns continue to make progress. National U.S. Ed. Sec. Warns States Don’t Use Test Results Punitively https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/dont-use-state-tests-punitively-ed-secretary-cardona-warns/2022/09National A Measured Look at COVID’s Real Impact […]

The 2016-2017 academic year is barely underway, but grassroots assessment reform pressure is already producing positive changes in both K-12 schools and university admission policies. Remember that back issues of these weekly updates are archived at: https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/news/other — friends and colleagues can sign up at: https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/weekly-news-signup National ESSA Raises Stakes in 2016 State Electionshttp://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/09/14/essa-raises-k-12-stakes-in-…National Opt-Out […]

Praising FairTest as “an incredibly vibrant and important organization that provides an essential service” — and specifically citing these weekly updates — former PBS education correspondent John Merrow postsFairTest Is Not a Footnoteand urges readers to provide more financial support around our upcoming “Heroes in Education” event. https://themerrowreport.com/2017/09/13/fairtest-is-not-a-footnote/This week’s clips include stories from more than […]

You don’t need another reminder that it is Election Day. But, do remember that your vote can boost candidates who support genuine assessment reforms, not another layer of counter-productive test-and-punish schemes. If you want to change policies, you have to change the policy makers! National What Education Wonks Will Be Watching for in Election Results […]

The national wave of opposition to test misuse and overuse continues to swell even as media attention focuses on the closing days of election season. All winning candidates will have to pay heed to the rising tide of grassroots pressure for many fewer standardized exams, an end to high-stakes testing and support for better assessments. […]