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Time for a Real Testing Moratorium Resistance to the overuse and misuse of standardized tests is expanding rapidly across the nation (Guisbond, 2014). The movement’s goals are to roll back testing overkill, eliminate damaging high stakes, and create an assessment system that supports teaching and learning while providing useful information to parents, communities and states. […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Under the “No Child Left Behind” Act (NCLB), if a school receiving Title I funding has not made “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) for two years, its students must be allowed to transfer to another school in the district that is making AYP. Students in schools that have not made AYP […]

Here are some thoughts from SXSW EDU 2025. I attended SXSW for the first time. I focused on sessions discussing assessment, accountability, and reimagining high school. The ubiquity of sessions on AI, however, could not be avoided. And everyone wants to be an innovator. There was much talk of the need to do a better […]

“I think a lot of people are going to drop out if they fail this test. If they feel they’re not going to make it to college, why bother trying?”– Lacy Langevin, New Bedford High School, Class of 2003 “We’ll have a graduating class of 10.”– Crissy Rodrigues, New Bedford High School, Class of 2003 […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Recent national and state surveys indicate that the public now believes there is too much emphasis on high-stakes testing, particularly as mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. “The public rejects the punitive approach found in NCLB, favors a broad curriculum, prefers more appropriate measures of school […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing In 2005-06, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law’s mandate that schools in every state test students annually in grades 3-8 and once in high school took effect. As a result, approximately 11 million more tests were administered than in the previous school year. A Louisville Courier-Journal headline aptly summed […]

Answer Sheet Beyond test scores: The right way to assess students and schools [Click Here for Link to Original WAPO story] By Valerie Strauss October 5, 2016 (iStock) For years students, schools, teachers, principals and even states have been “graded” by student standardized test scores under the false premise that the scores alone are legitimate […]

Below find a chronological listing of news FairTest shares on our website. If you would like to receive weekly updates of Testing Resistance & Reform News, as well as occasional other news, updates or communications from FairTest, click here. Testing Resistance & Reform News: September 22 – 28, 2021 Testing Resistance & Reform News: September […]

With more public schools planning to re-open in the next few weeks, either on-line or in-person, the debate over whether students should face mandatory standardized exams in the coming year is escalating. Make sure your local elected officials know where you stand. K-12 education policymakers should follow the lead of higher education — almost 65% […]

Thursday, August 02, 2007 originally published on http://www.admissionsadvice.com/ For two decades FairTest, a small non-profit organization, has been the leading critic of standardized testing, including college admissions exams. The SAT and ACT, according to FairTest, are not only poor predictors of future academic achievement, but also limit college accessibility for minority and low-income students. FairTest […]