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for further information: Dr. Monty Neill (617) 477-9792 Lisa Guisbond (617) 959-2371 or Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for immediate release Wednesday, February 7, 2018 STATES SHOW UNEVEN ASSESSMENT REFORM PROGRESS UNDER NEW U.S. EDUCATION LAW; STUDY OF INITIAL ESSA PLANS URGES BETTER USE OF FEDERAL “FLEXIBILITY” TO LEAVE TEST-CENTRIC PUBLIC SCHOOLING BEHIND A just-completed review […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Texas, which led the way in test-driven school reform, is now dealing with one of the more nefarious consequences of high-stakes testing: pervasive cheating allegations that seem to consume ever more state education resources and attention. Texas education officials announced in August that 699 schools would be investigated for cheating […]

The Biden Administration’s seemingly fickle decisions about standardized exam waivers has resulted in a patchwork quilt of spring 2021 assessment practices. Some states are not administering exams at all this academic year while others are allowing students to opt-out in large numbers without penalties. Elsewhere, particularly in many deep south and plains states, testing season […]

May 5, 2020, is Giving TuesdayNow, a day specially designated for supporting non-profit organizations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. FairTest has responded to these unprecedented challenges by providing resources to grassroots activists who successfully campaigned to eliminate this spring’s federal and state public school testing mandates and spearheading the test-optional admissions movement, which […]

For nearly two decades, proponents of test-and-punish policies have claimed that their strategies would lead to gains in overall academic performance and a narrowing of historic score gaps. But according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores released today, no such trend has taken place. In fact, data support the opposite conclusion: NAEP score […]

Building on the strength of last year’s successful opt-out campaigns and assessment reform movement, grassroots activists are already pressing state and local policy makers to use their increased power under the new federal education law to continue rolling back testing overkill in the first weeks of 2016. National Five 2015 Victories That Put Cracks in […]

Your financial support makes it possible for FairTest to assist and promote grassroots campaigns with tools such as our new “Testing Reform Victories Surge in 2017: What’s Behind the Winning Strategies?” report (https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/fairtest-report-test-reform-victories-surge-in-2017). Please make a year-end contribution today to help build an even stronger movement in 2018 https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/donate NationalNew Report Analyzes How and Why […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing FairTest Examiner – July 2008 Efforts to influence the direction of the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) continue, though Congressional action has stalled for this year. Of particular note, the Forum for Education and Democracy (FED) issued Democracy at Risk: The Need for a New Federal Policy in […]

What’s wrong with current high-stakes testing policies? Check out this week’s clips to see some of the damage to educational quality and equity from standardized exam overuse and misuse. There’s also very good news with the University of Chicago, one of the nation’s most selective schools, adopting a test-optional admissions policy. National Why Test Blindly? […]

Original Article location: http://diverseeducation.com/article/87965/ Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind October 11, 2016 | : by Pearl Stewart Hampshire College, a liberal arts institution in western Massachusetts, has for the last few years touted the success of its test-blind admissions policy each September with a new report. ­This coincides with the annual college rankings announced by […]