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Disputes between states and the U.S. Department of Education over Every Student Succeeds Act testing and score reporting requirements under state are accelerating. Assessment reformers are seeking inclusion of provisions that fulfill the new law’s promised flexibility without federal micromanagement. In jurisdictions still working on compliance plans, there are still opportunities to press for fewer […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing FairTest Examiner – April 2008 As No Child Left Behind reauthorization remains stalled in Congress, education organizations are planning to push for an overhaul that would shift federal law from NCLB’s test-and-punish approach toward helping strengthen schools’ capacity to serve all children well. Meanwhile, Virginia passed a bill directing the […]

Status: Archived Subject: University Testing In the wake of the SAT scoring fiasco and growing questions about the value of standardized admissions exams, five more selective undergraduate institutions have moved toward test-score optional admissions. The new policies at Bennington College in Vermont, Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, George Mason University in Virginia and Lebanon Valley […]

Despite severe weather across the southern U.S., campaigns against standardized exam overkill and for better methods of assessment continue to accelerate. FairTest hopes all our allies in Texas, Florida and other states hit hard by hurricanes Harvey and Irma are safe and will soon be able to return to their effective assessment reform activism. ArizonaEducators […]

Parents, educators, students and education activists continue to escalate the fight to replace standardized exam misuse and overuse with better forms of assessment. Meanwhile, the testing industry provides even more fodder for reform campaigns with more scoring screw-ups and fights over contract awards. ArizonaState’s Letter Grades Punish Schools for Teaching Poor Kidshttp://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2017/10/10/arizona-letter-grades-punish-schools-teaching-poor-students/749343001/ CaliforniaHigh School Exit […]

Human beings make tests. They decide what topics to include on the test, what kinds of questions to ask, and what the correct answers are, as well as how to use test scores. Tests can be made to compare students to each other (norm-referenced tests) or to see whether students have mastered a body of […]

It’sGiving Tuesday,a national time for generous donors like you to provide much needed funding for the non-profits whose activities they rely on . . . like this newsclip service. To support campaigns to roll back testing misuse and overuse, please take advantage of this special day to contribute to FairTest by clicking onhttps://donatenow.networkforgood.org/fairtestor by using […]

With the 2017 K-12 school testing season beginning soon in some jurisdictions, FairTest has released several new and updated fact sheets to help assessment reform activists organize resistance to standardized exam overuse and misuse. At the same time, many state legislatures are considering proposals to reduce testing overkill. NationalWhy You Can Boycott Testing Without Fear […]

This week’s stories again demonstrate that the American public is fed up with testing overkill and wants assessments that support learning and teaching. You can help accelerate testing reform, honor former FairTest Executive Director Monty Neill as a “Hero in Education,” and welcome his successor, Andre Green, by clicking on http://www.fairtest.org/join-fairtest-celebrating-monty-neill-and-welcomin Arizona Education “Progress Meter” […]

Status: Archived Subject: University Testing FairTest Examiner – October 2007 As the college admissions season gets underway for the high school class of 2008, a new FairTest tally finds that more than 755 accredited, bachelor-degree granting institutions do not require all or most of their applicants to submit scores from either the SAT or the […]