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The debate over whether students, teachers, and schools should face annual testing mandates — if classrooms reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic — is escalating. At both the federal and state levels, policymakers need to hear from their constituents — particularly public education stakeholders — about the need to continue standardized exam waivers […]

Labor Day marks the official start of the school year in parts of the country, though classroom have been open for a few weeks in many other states. Already, assessment reform campaigns are winning victories as more public officials heed the message that parents, teachers, administrators and community leaders are fed up with standardized exam […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773cell (239) 699-0468 for immediate release, Thursday, September 11, 2014 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING SCORES RELEASED FOR 2014 FairTest’s Bob Schaeffer is quoted in this excellent article by Nancy Griesemer on the release of the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Scores for 2014. See the scores below: The state-by-state list […]

CONFIRMED CASES OF TEST-CHEATING (2009 – 2015) In the past five years cheating cases have been documented in 40 states plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Department of Defense schools, according to government and news media reports compiled by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest). Jurisdictions with schools whose unlikely score […]

Status: Archived Subject: FairTest News FairTest announces the “most appalling news” contest. The person who submits the most disgusting and outrageous story about test misuse will win a copy of a FairTest publication of her/his choice. A recent example: Prince William County, Virginia, first graders were subjected, in their first two weeks of school this […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Connecticut’s suit against the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law is the most high profile among many nationwide acts of resistance that show no signs of abating. A recent report from the Civil Society Institute concluded that 47 out of 50 states have already engaged in some kind of […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing A new round of national and state polls indicates widespread skepticism over high-stakes testing, despite the best efforts of corporate and political figures (including presidential candidates Bush and Gore) to sell such testing to the public. A national survey by the group Public Agenda is perhaps the most significant. It […]

Welcome! This page lists standardized test resistance, refusal and reform actions and events by state. These include opting out, public forums and meetings, rallies, news conferences, legislative action days, and more. If you have an action or event to share, let us know at fairtest@fairtest.org and we will post it here. You can use the […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Why do test scores in reading drop precipitously between grade eight and grade nine on the Stanford 9 achievement test? In California, for example, ninth graders scored 10 percentile points below eighth graders (34 versus 44). Tina Nguyen, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, noted this drop locally and […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing North Carolina’s plans to have a new writing test in place for next year were thrown off track when the exam’s field-test was not taken seriously enough by students and schools. Many students did not respond and several schools reportedly failed to even give the trial tests. The state board […]