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Two big stories as testing season gets underway in many states — the surging opt-out movement and the collapse of many states’ computerized exam delivery systems — both demonstrating the ongoing failure of politically driven test-and-punish policies. National Why All Families Should Opt Out of High-Stakes Standardized Testshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/04/03/diane-rav…National Testing Time at Schools, Is There a […]

As the school year wraps up in many parts of the country, the assessment reform movement is simultaneously focused on the semester’s final round of standardized exams and on how state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act will change testing in the future. NationalHow States Plan to Evaluate Schools in the ESSA Era: The […]

While nearly all this spring’s K-12 exams were cancelled by coronavirus-driven school closures, there’s still lots of action in the university admissions assessment reform arena. In particularly, the University of California Regents are about to vote on a proposal to phase out use of the ACT and SAT at that system’s nine undergraduate campuses, and […]

The growing impact of the assessment reform movement is clear in this week’s clips, many of which reflect a critical perspective on test overuse and misuse. This fall’s elections will play a major role in determining whether new public officials will roll back standardized exam overkill or if the same old officials will continue discredited […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Texas and Florida, two states that are emblematic of President George W. Bush’s test-and-punish education agenda, are embroiled in gubernatorial races where testing has become a top campaign issue and candidates have called for varying degrees of assessment reform. Testing policy has also been debated in the Ohio and Massachusetts […]

We hope you’ve enjoyed receivingTesting Resistance & Reform Newsand consider it a valuable tool for staying informed about the national movement against testing overkill. Please help FairTest support assessment reform campaigns with tools like this by clicking here now: Happy New Yearfrom all of us at FairTest! NationalMajor Rural Advocacy Group Calls for High-Stakes Testing […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Rethinking Schools has published a fine new book, Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won’t Fix Our Schools. The volume contains a wide range of short, readable articles discussing the harmful impact of tests on students, schools and standards, the roots of testing, and alternatives. FairTest staff contributed several […]

APRIL 18, 16:02 ET By GREG TOPPO AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebelling against new school-testing demands, Vermont’s governor says he wants his state to consider rejecting $26 million in federal education money to escape the requirements attached to it. The testing component is a key part of President Bush’s education plan, which Gov. […]

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From Alaska to Florida and many states in-between, the pushback against standardized testing misuse and overuse continues to accelerate. Feel free to use this week’s stories and commentaries as models for your own local assessment reform work. AlaskaReading Is So Much More Than What Standardized Tests Measurehttps://www.adn.com/opinions/letters/2019/11/11/letter-wrong-approach-on-reading/ ColoradoWhat Is School Quality and Who Decides?https://www.the74million.org/article/holmes-what-is-school-quality-and-who-decides-were-bringing-together-educators-families-and-students-for-this-vital-discussion/ ConnecticutComputerized […]