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Week after week, news stories demonstrate the many ways test-driven schooling is failing students, families, educators and taxpayers. It’s no wonder, then, that the assessment reform movement continues to grow across the U.S. AlabamaParents Criticize System that Grades Schools Based on Single Test Scorehttp://whnt.com/2018/01/25/parent-thinks-state-grading-system-that-failed-three-huntsville-schools-needs-to-change/ DelawareState Law Bars Punishment for Opting Out of Testshttps://exceptionaldelaware.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/a-strong-reminder-for-delaware-schools-about-the-smarter-balanced-assessment-and-opt-out/ IllinoisTest Scores […]

What a week! A letter from the Biden Administration’s Department of Education asserting that it will reject waivers seeking cancellation of all spring 2021 federally mandated testing, which 10 states had already requested, unleashed a storm of protest from parents, teachers and community leaders, as well as top local and state policy makers. One measure […]

Testing controversies continue to produce major news stories across the nation as the grassroots assessment reform movement presses to roll back the pervasive overuse and misuse of standardized exams. National Draft Federal Regulation Try to Continue Test-and-Punish Policies Under ESSAhttps://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/federally-mandated-test-and… California More than Half of Students Opt-Out of Tests at Two Schoolshttp://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/05/28/paly-gunn-again-see-low-sm… Florida After Protests, […]

Key components of the test-and-punish agenda continue to collapse from their inherent weaknesses combined with strong pushback from parents, educators and community leaders. This week’s stories show policy makers in many states responding to the flaws of “A to F” school grades, test-score-driven teacher evaluations, and high school graduation exams by implementing new policies that […]

Welcome to the first weekly issue of FairTest’s “Testing Resistance & Reform News” of 2020! Our new year’s resolution is to increase coverage of initiatives, trends and tools that help parents, students, educators, community leaders and policy makers replace standardized exam misuse and overuse with better forms of assessment. Please send us links to articles […]

Believe it or not, a new public school year begins in less than two weeks in several states! Fortunately, testing reformers have not been relaxing over the “summer vacation.” Parents, educators, students, and community activists are ready to promote better assessment systems and fight schemes to impose even more high-stakes standardized exams. Check out this […]

With the K-12 standardized exam season starting up across the nation, the grassroots assessment reform movement is ratcheting up outreach to both local education stakeholders and policy-makers at the state and federal levels. The result is an increase in public school students opting out of tests as well as more cutbacks in testing volume and […]

Though most public schools across the U.S. have closed for the summer, there are still plenty of stories about effective campaigns to roll back standardized exam misuse and overuse. Encourage your friends and allies to sign up for these updates so they can receive important news and tools – http://www.fairtest.org/weekly-news-signup California Civil Rights, Activists Groups […]

Though school is out for the summer and the long, holiday weekend slowed coverage, there’s still plenty of assessment reform news. Please add your voice at the Save Our Schools rally, march and conference in Washington DC at the end of this week http://saveourschoolsmarch.org/ NationalLawmakers Press Ed. Secretary Over Every Student Succeeds Act Draft Regulationshttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2016/06/senate_essa_oversight_hearing_school_ratings_timeline.htmlNational […]

From New York to California and Alaska to Florida, here’s this week’s news from around the U.S. about the surging grassroots assessment reform. Remember that friends and allies can sign up for these free updates athttps://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/weekly-news-signup AlaskaNew Law Allows Parents to Opt Children Out of Standardized Examshttp://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2016/10/now-in-effect-new-alaska-law-taking-first-step-against-common-core/ ArkansasCommissioner Seeks Input on New Directions for Accountabilityhttp://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/oct/26/commissioner-asks-for-input-on-school-a/ […]