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February 28, 2003 Dear Representative: As recognized experts in the fields of early childhood development and assessment, we write to express our concerns about plans proposed by the Head Start Bureau to implement a National Reporting System for all 4- and 5-year-olds in Head Start in the Fall of 2003. We agree in principle with […]

Dear Representative: As recognized experts in the fields of early childhood development and assessment, we write to express our concerns about plans proposed by the Head Start Bureau to implement a National Reporting System for all 4- and 5-year-olds in Head Start in the Fall of 2003. We agree in principle with the need to […]

With public schools closing for the summer, many states are reviewing their 2015-2016 testing experience (once again, not a pretty picture) and planning to implement assessment reforms in coming years. You can help stop the U.S. Department of Education from promoting testing misuse and overuse by weighing in on proposed Every Student Succeeds Act regulations. […]

FairTest collaborated with the National Coalition of Urban Education Associations (NCUEA) Time on Learning Committee to develop a survey that teacher unions can use with their members to expose the consequences of high-stakes testing. It can easily be adapted for use by parent, student and community groups. https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/time-to-learn-survey-impact-of-testing FloridaTeachers Criticize District-Created Course Finals Used for […]

This is peak testing season for both public schools and college admissions, making it nearly impossible to keep up with all the news. FairTest.org is seeing a sharp spike in visitors looking for information about opting out from state-mandated K-12 standardized exams (http://www.fairtest.org/get-involved/opting-out) and applying to ACT/SAT-optional colleges (http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional) Check out those links and the […]

With the spring standardized exam season getting underway and the grassroots assessment reform movement ramping up pressure through opt-out campaigns and other strategies, FairTest has begun compiling a database of testing resistance activities around the nation. Check out the state-by-state list and supporting materials at: http://www.fairtest.org/testing-resistanceTo add your activities, send a message with date, location […]

Still lots of assessment reform activity in many states as Independence Day approaches. We particularly encourage you to check out the three longer pieces in “Worth Reading” for the upcoming, four-day holiday weekend NationalWill ESSA End Test-Driven Curriculum Narrowing?http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2017/06/Under_ESSA_an_end_to_curriculum_narrowing.html AlabamaState Board Votes Unanimously to Drop ACT Aspire Test After Score Report Errorhttp://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/alabama_board_votes_to_end_con.html CaliforniaSmarter Balanced Interim […]

As policy-makers debate re-opening classrooms later this year, momentum is growing to continue the suspension of K-12 testing mandates at least into the next academic year. Already at the undergraduate admissions level, about half of all bachelor-degree granting institutions have announced ACT/SAT-optional for Fall 2021 admissions and, in many case, future years. Parents, educators and […]

Anyone who thinks assessment reform campaigns (and victories) are confined to a few “liberal” states, should check out this week’s stories from places such as Mississippi, Oklahoma and Wyoming. The movement to roll back standardized exam overuse and misuse is truly national, cutting across traditional partisan and ideological lines, and it is accelerating rapidly. Remember […]