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Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing While continuing to face an array of problems in its innovative state assessment program, Kentucky has largely stayed the course it charted when it implemented the Kentucky Instructional Results Information Service (KIRIS) program. The problems, however, have induced the legislature to revisit KIRIS in its next session, at which time […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing While No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has focused school officials’ attention on staying off the dreaded list of schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress, the story of the law’s negative effects on teaching and learning, educators and students, particularly in schools at risk of failure, is beginning to emerge. […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Testing at Center of New York City School Equity Controversies ACORN, a national organization that organizes and advocates for low-income people, has called for suspending the use of test scores for admissions to New York City’s elite science high schools. An ACORN study has found that enrollments at the three […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing FairTest Examiner, November 2009 The Paradoxes of High Stakes Testing provides a well-argued, readable analysis of why high-stakes testing has damaged students, schools and society. In what is sadly his last book, Gerald Bracey’s Education Hell: Rhetoric vs. Reality provides a powerful critique of test-based “school reform” and important arguments […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing While No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has focused school officials’ attention on staying off the dreaded list of schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress, the story of the law’s negative effects on teaching and learning, educators and students, particularly in schools at risk of failure, is beginning to emerge. […]

Status: Archived Subject: University Testing In contrast to their relatively proportional share of medical and law school enrollments, women make up just over 30 percent of the student body at U.S. business schools. This disparity has changed minimally over the last decade and shows little sign of improving. Concerned researchers, business schools, and professional organizations […]

for further information, contact:                        Harry Feder      (917) 273-8939 Bob Schaeffer  (239) 699-0468  for immediate release Thursday, November 10, 2022 RECORD 1,835+ SCHOOLS ARE ACT/SAT-OPTIONAL OR TEST-BLIND/SCORE-FREE FOR FALL 2023 APPLICANTS; TWO-THIRDS COMMIT TO EXTENDING POLICIES AT LEAST THROUGH 2024 As high school seniors across the nation rush to meet college application deadlines, a […]

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 […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing The fundamental justification for standardized testing in the U.S. has become “accountability.” In its name, the typical student is tested at least once a year with a battery of largely multiple-choice tests. The results are often used to make decisions about individuals, such as program placement (tracking, special education, etc.) […]

Forum on Educational Accountability for further information:Dr. Monty Neill (617) 335-2115 Miguel Gonzalez (202) 822-7823 Robert Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for use after 10:30am, Thurs. June 14, 2007, U.S. Capitol HC-8 news conference: Authors urge lawmakers to rethink federal testing and accountability requirements Washington – A panel of national education experts today released a report outlining […]