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The pace of assessment reform news quickens as the 2016-2017 academic year begins to unfold across the U.S. In addition to revitalizing many ongoing controversies, a new issue in many jurisdictions is how much testing flexibility will be allowed under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Grassroots activists are actively campaigning to reduce the number […]

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 […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing A recent national survey by the Philadelphia Inquirer found just half of states conduct statistical analyses of test results to identify possible cases of cheating. As the pressure to meet federally mandated test score targets as well as state-imposed goals continues to increase and is felt at every level, from […]

Check out all the assessment reform activity in state legislatures as national polling shows strong public support for reducing testing overkill NationalPoll Data Show Most Americans Do Not Think Standardized Tests Are Good Measure of Students or Schoolshttp://www.publicschooloptions.org/splash.htmlhttp://www.publicschooloptions.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/National-PSO-11-28-16-Public-Update.pdf ColoradoEducator Ratings Don’t Account for Student Povertyhttp://gazette.com/colorado-educator-evaluations-do-not-account-for-disadvantaged-school-populations/article/1596168 ConnecticutFailed Smarter Balanced Common Core Tests Hurt Students and Schoolshttp://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Wendy-Lecker-Failed-common-core-tests-punish-10906971.php […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Federal education officials’ recent moves to grant states’ flexibility in meeting the demands of the No Child Left Behind law reflect an acknowledgment that schools are not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) at a pace that will get them to the goal of 100 percent proficiency by 2014. In recent […]

The drumbeat of criticism against high-stakes testing grows ever stronger as more evidence shows that the nation’s standardized exam fixation is undermining both educational quality and equity. Nevada is the latest state to retreat from making major school decisions, such as eligibility for a high school diploma, on the basis of test scores. NationalWhy Education […]

A broad range of voices — from parents and teachers to scholars and researchers to legislators and governors — continue to speak out against testing overuse and misuse. As the assessment reform movement grows, it has an ever-increasing impact on public policy, particularly at the district and state level. Arkansas State to End “Gotcha” School […]

Status: Archived Subject: University Testing In response to plummeting minority enrollments in Texas and California law schools (see Examiner, Spring and Summer 1997), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) have proposed a pilot project under which law schools would deemphasize the role of the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Writing in his March 19, 2002 New York Times column, Michael Winerip commented, “As I travel the country, I find nearly universal contempt for this noble-sounding law signed last year by President Bush.” Indeed, opposition to the “No Child Left Behind” Act (NCLB), the recent reauthorization of the federal Elementary […]

Brenda S. Engel, Lesley College This position paper outlines reasons to oppose standardized testing of secondgraders and then suggests a viable alternative. A. Primary school children and standardized testing 1. Tests of children in grade two are likely to be unreliable. Walt Haney of Boston College’s Center for the Study of Testing, for instance, says, […]