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Not surprisingly, the huge, national college admissions scandal — with a major testing component — dominated this week’s education news. The fact that so many other stories about standardized exams also appeared attests to the power of parents, educators and activists in making assessment reform a powerful issue. Florida Students Get More Time for Test […]

A first step in many successful assessment reform campaigns is encouraging the public — and policy-makers — to question the value of standardized exams and recognize that test results are often misleading. That is exactly what grassroots activists and their academic allies are doing in many states this summer. IllinoisAdvocacy Groups and Educators Oppose Plan […]

Many states are beginning to review their assessment and accountability systems to comply with the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Input from grassroots stakeholders — particularly parents, educators and community leaders — can help determine whether the revised policies help improve learning and teaching or simply put a different gloss on failed test-and-punish systems. […]

In the midst of an uncontrolled pandemic, it makes no sense to force schools to administer standardized exam to K-12 students or college applicants. You can help give FairTest the muscle to continue leading effective, campaigns for public school test suspensions and ACT/SAT-optional admissions policies. Contribute today to keep winning assessment reform victories! Click here: […]

Recognition that high-stakes testing has failed to improve either educational quality of equity continues to spread across the nation. Increasingly pressure from parents, students, teachers, school leaders and grassroots activists is forcing policy-makers to walk back some of the worst exams of standardized exam misuse and overuse. There’s still a long way to go, but […]

Believe it or not, we’re on the verge of another school year. Classrooms in several southern states, including Florida, welcome students back in barely two weeks. Fortunately, children (and teachers) in many jurisdictions will face fewer standardized exams and less high-stakes testing in 2017-2018 because of the mounting successes of the grassroots assessment reform movement. […]

There’s no “summer vacation” for assessment reformers — in response to ongoing pressure from grassroots activists, more and more policymakers in many states are backing away from test-and-punish policies that undermine educational quality and equal opportunity. California Leverage Data, Not Test Scores, to Improve Teaching and Learning https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2019/07/leverage-data-close-achievement-gaps Florida Politicians Should Listen to Educators About […]

With 2020 state legislative sessions getting underway in many states, it’s the right time for educators, community leaders and grassroots activists to press their representatives to roll back testing misuse and overuse. Check out the assessment reform policy initiatives already in play in several jurisdictions in this week’s news clips. National Bernie Sanders and Mike […]

The pace of both testing resistance and assessment reform is definitely quickening as the late winter/early spring 2017 standardized exam season draws nearer. Great to see so many policy makers questioning the fundamental role and value of current volumes of testing and the stakes attached to them. National“A to F” School Grading Scales Distort Public […]

Ever-growing numbers of Americans are coming to understand that decades of test-and-punish policies have failed to boost educational quality or enhance equity. Many states are getting the message and backing away from high-stakes exams, as this week’s news stories and commentaries demonstrate. Arizona Stop the Testing Lunacy https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2019/03/01/azmerit-wastes-time-and-money-someone-end-it/3020776002/ California New State Ed Board Chair Says […]