Testing Resistance & Reform News: October 10 -16, 2018
More assessment reform progress to report with Pennsylvania about to roll back its high school exit test and Indiana offering graduation pathways that do not rely on testing. But, there are still many stories about the negative impacts of testing overkill, particularly the damage done to minority and low-income children. Arizona Educators Blast “A to […]
College and University Admissions Testing
FairTest’s work to reduce the role of standardized tests as gatekeepers to higher education has never been more important – nor has it had as much support. Nationwide, scores of colleges and universities are reexamining their admissions policies and de-emphasizing test scores. Visit the following pages to learn more about our work on university testing […]
Testing Reform in the News — June 13 – 15, 2012
Pop Quiz on Testing http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/06/13/35guisbond.h31.html Three Tulsa, Oklahoma Boards Endorse National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=19&articleid=20120613_19_A1_MoreOk107993 Florida School Boards Association Adopts Anti-High-Stakes-Testing Resolution http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120614/ARTICLE/120619718 Standardized Testing for Arts, Music & Gym? http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/06/standardized_tests_for_the_arts_is_that_a_good_idea_.html Superintendent John Kuhn on “Getting Education Reform Right” http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/13/getting-education-reform-right/ 10 Ways to Oppose High-Stakes Standardized Tests http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/10-ways-to-oppose-high-stakes-standardized-tests/2012/06/13/gJQARRODbV_blog.html Feds Investigate Another Major Texas Cheating […]
FairTest in the News Febraury 2010
On February 17, the Washington Post “The Answer Sheet” blog featured a contribution by FairTest’s Lisa Guisbond on linking teachers’ pay to their students’ test scores, which attracted more reader comments than any other posting to the site in the past several months: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/no-child-left-behind/why-n… and the Los Angeles Times relied heavily on quotes from FairTest […]
FairTest's Op Ed in The Atlanta Journal Constitution: When put to a test, testing culture flunks
By Robert Schaeffer Across the U.S., the politically mandated misuse of standardized tests is damaging public schools and the children they serve. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigation of suspicious test scores around the nation is just the latest example. Experts may debate the methodology, but there is no question that cheating on standardized exams is widespread. […]
High-Stakes Testing Cheats Children Out of a Quality Education
Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing FairTest Examiner, May 2012 Recent newspaper exposés documenting suspicious test scores around the nation are another example of how politically mandated misuses of standardized exams damage public schools and the children they serve. Experts have debated the methodology used by outlets such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and USA Today. There […]
NEW SCHOOL YEAR: DOUBLING DOWN ON FAILED ED. POLICY
NEW SCHOOL YEAR: DOUBLING DOWN ON FAILED ED. POLICY Washington Post “The Answer Sheet” Blog — August 9, 2012 This was written by Lisa Guisbond, a policy analyst for the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, known as FairTest, a Boston-based organization that aims to improve standardized testing practices and evaluations of students, teachers […]
Report Shows Negative Impact of Testing
Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators Through High-Stakes Testing, is a new report by Sharon L. Nicols and David C. Berliner, available from Arizona State University. The research looks at how over-reliance on high stakes testing affects nearly every aspect of the public education system in a negative manner. […]
Resistance to High Stakes Testing Spreads
Thu, 08/23/2012 – 9:55pm Resistance to High Stakes Testing Spreads A national resolution to limit standardized testing is gathering support. By: Bob Schaeffer District Administration, September 2012 Resistance to High Stakes Testing SpreadsMembers of the American Federation of Teachers react to comments made at their annual conference this past summer in which AFT President Randi […]
Testing Reform and Resistance News: April 4 -10, 2013
School testing season is underway, with stories covering boycotts, opt-out campaigns, rallies and, unfortunately, scandals in hundreds of media outlets around the nation. If you know of other activists, journalists or policy-makers who would benefit from receiving these weekly news summaries, please send me their email addresses. Lessons from Atlanta Cheating Scandal http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/04/07/-atlanta-school-cheating-scandal-column/2044107/ NY Parents […]